Dell PowerVault MD3200i - Page 11

Dell PowerVault MD3200i/MD3600i Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software
June 4, 2012 Page 11
4. Note: Port binding requires that all target ports of the storage array must reside on
the same broadcast domain as the VMkernel ports because routing is not supported
with port binding. See VMware KB #2017084 here
.
5. No Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS) for iSCSI traffic
6. The MD3200i IP address on the host ports will have already been configured, see
PowerVault MD32x0i IP SAN Best Practices
7. The network topology is connected and both the ESX server and MD3200i are
powered on.
8. The environment uses multiple NICs and attaching to a Dell PowerVault SAN utilizing
Native Multipathing (NMP) from VMware.
CONFIGURE ISCSI STORAGE ON ESX4.1 SERVER - INSTALLATION
STEPS
Not every environment requires all of the steps detailed in this example.
Users connecting their vSphere4 environment using just iSCSI HBAs or users wishing to
only assign a single iSCSI NIC with no Jumbo Frame support will not follow these steps
and instead configure their environment as normal. Users who wish to only enable
Jumbo Frame support for their environment will want to take note of steps 1 and 2 but
only create a single VMkernel port through the vCenter GUI after that.
Users wishing to only enable Jumbo Frame support for the iSCSI connection need to
follow 1 and 2 with the following changes:
Step 1: Configure vSwitch and Enable Jumbo Frames – No changes to the instructions
Step 2: Add iSCSI VMkernel Ports – Instead of assigning multiple VMkernel Ports,
administrators will only assign a single VMkernel Port
Once these two steps are done, the rest of the configuration can be accomplished in the
vCenter GUI by attaching NICs, assigning storage and then connecting to the storage.