Hi,
I am implementing VMWare vSphere 4.1 with and DL380G6 & AX4-5i.
This HP server is come with Dependent Hardware iSCSI adepters.
I think the iscsi driver is installed.
Question1
Is this Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 support Jumbo Frame for ISCSI?
Is this KB refer to Network connection only, not ISCSI?
Jumbo Frames support with Broadcom NICs
I have attached the VMkernel interfaces to software iSCSI initiator. It works, I also can set to Round Robin.
I can do vmkping -s 8991 in CLi as well.
# vmkping 172.10.10.101 -s 8991
PING 172.10.10.101 (172.10.10.101): 8991 data bytes
8999 bytes from 172.10.10.101: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.694 ms
8999 bytes from 172.10.10.101: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.388 ms
8999 bytes from 172.10.10.101: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.385 ms
a. $ esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch1
b. $ esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch1 –L vmnic1
c. $ esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch1 –L vmnic3
d. $ esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch1 –m 9000
e. $ esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch1 –A VMkernel-iSCSI1
f. $ esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch1 –A VMkernel-iSCSI2
g. $ esxcfg-vmknic –a –i 172.10.10.10 –n 255.255.255.0 –m 9000 VMkernel-iSCSI1
h. $ esxcfg-vmknic –a –i 172.20.20.20 –n 255.255.255.0 –m 9000 VMkernel-iSCSI2
i. Override vSwitch failover order in NIC Teaming and make one port as "Active" and others to "Unused"
j. $ esxcli swiscsi nic add –n vmk0 –d vmhba37 --- remark: vmhba37 is my Software iSCSI initiator.
k. $ esxcli swiscsi nic add –n vmk1 –d vmhba37
Question2:
Something wrong with my config??? Or it is not possible to do this.
I attached the vmk to the Broadcom iSCSI adapters. (Of course I have unattached from the vmhba37)
It will not show any the path attached in vSphere client.
But I can see the "Targets" in Static Discovery after in input the IP address in Dynamic Discovery.
I have also checked with my SAN config page. it show the connections are active.
l. $ esxcli swiscsi nic add –n vmk0 –d vmhba33
m. $ esxcli swiscsi nic add –n vmk1 –d vmhba35
Any help is appreciated
vmhba33 vmhba35 they have different iSCSI names from vmhba37, are they finished lun masking on your storage?
binoche, Vmware VCP, Cisco CCNA
Thanks for your help.
I have come across a post which tell people do not match the IQN with SW ISCSI adapter.
Broadcom iSCSI Adapter - BCM 5709 not working with iSCSI
They have also mentioned to update the storage ACLs.
I have also done that since i can see the path is active in the SAN config webpage.
