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Network design question for upcoming P2V of SQL server with iSCSI direct attached storage

Greetings,

We're going to be performing a P2V of our current physical server with 3 directly attached iSCSI volumes in its current setup.  The VM will have the same 3 directly connected iSCSI volumes.

I'm curious what the best network design for this would be.  Here is our current setup:

HOST

vSwitch

Port Group

IP Address

VLAN

Primary pNIC

Backup pNIC

Notes

VHOST1vSwitch0Management10.x.x.7111vmnic0vmnic4
VM Network11vmnic1, vmnic5NICs are active/active
vMotion-1192.168.xx.1122vmnic4vmnic0
vMotion-2192.168.xx.1222vmnic3For performance enhancement only, therefore no backup NIC necessary
vSwitch1iSCSI-1192.168.x.210vmnic2
vSwitch2iSCSI-2192.168.x.211vmnic6

We have 8 pNICs in these hosts and I'm currently using 7 of them.  Our SQL server currently has 4 iSCSI connections, but 2 would probably be sufficient.

We have 2 physical iSCSI switches.

How should I set this up properly for performance and redundancy?  My understanding is that for the guest that will be directly connected to the SAN it should have a pNIC dedicated to that.

Thanks for your help!

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