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Setting up Vmotion and iSCSI in ESX 3.5

I am sort of new to VMWare and am trying to figure out the best network config for what i am trying to do. I know there are probably other posts out there about this but I have not found any to completely answer my questions yet. Ok so here is what I have so far. I have 3 ESX 3.5 servers running on a Dell M1000 Chassis. Each server has 6 NIC's. Using a software iSCSI initiator, to connect to a SUN storage array. My current config for the NIC's is:

Vmotion/SC - vSwitch0 with 2 pnic's (vmnic0, vmnic1), NIC's are set for Failover. vmnic0 is active for SC, with vmnic1 as a standby. vmnic1 is active for Vmotion, with vmnic 0 as standby. Vlan's are tagged.

SC ipaddress: 192.168.1.10, Vmotion IP: 192.168.2.10, VMKernel Default Gateway: 192.168.3.1

iSCSI/SC2 - vSwitch1 with 2 pnic's (vmnic2, vmnic3), NIC's are teamed. iSCSI ip: 192.168.3.10, VMKernel Default Gateway: 192.168.3.1

VM's - vSwitch2 with 2 pnic's (vmnic4, vmnic5), NIC's are teamed. VM's ip: 192.168.4.x

Does this look like a good or even correct setup? Should I configure my SC/Vmotion differently? I have attached pictures of config below. Suggestions are welcomed. Thanks.

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