Connecting ESX 3.0.2 to iSCSI using Navisphere

[MattJoyce]

Hi,

None of the numerous PDFs from either Dell, EMC or Vmware seem to have the definitive answer.

On my ESX I have

vSwitch0

-VMs

-Production Network

vSwitch1

-vMotion vmKernel

-192.168.3.1

vSwitch2

-Service port

-Production Network

vSwitch3 (iSCSI)

-vmKernel 192.168.50

-Service Port 192.168.1.51

-iSCSI network

My AX150i has the following ports

SPA 0 - 192.168.1.101

SPA 1 - 192.168.1.102

SPB 0 - 192.168.1.103

SPB 1 - 192.168.1.104

What I cannot fathom is what the IP address of the iSCSI Software Initiator is, 50 or 51 ?

I need to give an IP addy to the connection in Navisphere, but not sure which I should use.

I've tried both, niether has worked yet.

Is there to bind the iSCSI to vSwitch3 ?

Thanks

[uslacker99]

The iSCSI initiator is both.

vSwitch3 (iSCSI)

-vmKernel 192.168.50

-Service Port 192.168.1.51

The vmkernel IP is for the traffic. The service console port is for authentication.

[MattJoyce]

How does ESX choose which vSwitch to use, I only have one vSwitch with both a Service Console and a vmKernel, but if I had more than one which would be chosesn and why ?

In Navisphere Express I can only add one ip address per iSCSI name, when describing connections, and names must be unique.

[uslacker99]

Oops. Mistake. So, you need to give access to the SAN from both IPs. The initiator is actually the iqn... identifier that was configured when you enable iSCSI - it can also be changed in the GUI.