In ESX Server 4,
Is the Service Console port necessary for vSwitch used for the connection to iSCSI?
Without the service console how can you use the GUI mgmt ?
You can build a vSwitch,which only includes a vmkernel port. You can use it to connecte your iSCSI strorage.
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For the current version it is not required.
Sam
as I learned, this Service Console no need to enable iSCSI port 3260 in vSphere;
prior to vSphere, Service Console port plays a part in iSCSI targets discovery,
esxcfg-firewall -e swISCSIClient
binoche, VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA
Just to give you more details see the procedure on "ESX Configuration Guide" ()
Page 88 - Setting Up Software iSCSI Initiators
