iSCSI Port Binding

[troyemc]

Hi Experts,

I am trying to bind 2 vmkernal ports to iSCSI SW HBA. using powercli. ESXi v6.0, Powercli v6.5

I found 2 examples how to do it, but both don't work:

First way: Get-VMHost $VMhost | Set-VMHostiSCSIBinding -HBA $HBANumber -VMKernel $iSCSI_nic - it complain there is no Set-VMHostiSCSIBinding

The second way:

$esxcli = Get-EsxCli -V2 -VMhost $VMhost

$esxcli.iscsi.networkportal.add($HBA, $Null, $vmk1number)

or

#$esxcli.swiscsi.nic.add($HBANumber,$vmk1number)

It fails complaining "add" is not an option.

Any help is appreciated.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

When you use the V2 switch on the Get-EsxCli cmdlet, the way of making the call is slightly different.

See also PowerCLI 6.3 R1: Get-ESXCLI Why the V2?

First do the following to get the layout of the hash table.

$esxcli.iscsi.networkportal.add.CreateArgs()

Then do the call (notice the Invoke that needs to be added).

$iScsi = @{

    force = $false

    nic = 'vmk0'

    adapter = 'vmhba34'

}

$esxcli.iscsi.networkportal.add.Invoke($Iscsi)

[troyemc]

Thank you so much LucD! Work like a charm!