Dell PowerVault MD3200i/MD3600i Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software
June 4, 2012 Page 12
CONNECT TO THE ESX SERVER/VCENTER USING VI CLIENT AND FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW.
STEP1: CONFIGURE VSWITCH & ENABLE JUMBO FRAMES
This step will create a new vSwitch and enable Jumbo Frame support for this switch.
Currently there is no option to enable Jumbo Frames on a vSwitch from the VMware
vCenter GUI so these commands must be run via vCLI. Be sure to check the environment
to make sure that Jumbo Frames are supported at the networking layer before enabling
it on the ESX host.
The following command will create a new vSwitch called vSwitch2:
esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch2
Next, enable Jumbo Frames on the vSwitch:
esxcfg-vswitch –m 9000 vSwitch2
To verify that the switch was configured properly run the following command:
esxcfg-vswitch –l
Your output will look similar to this:
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch2 64 1 64 9000
As shown in Figure 3 below, you can note the new vSwitch2 with the MTU of 9000 to
verify that the switch was created correctly. You can also see it displayed in the GUI of
vCenter. Throughout these procedures some of the verification can be done via
command line or seen in the vCenter GUI. The polling rate of vCenter is not instant so
changes will not show up immediately after it is typed.
Figure 3: Creating a vSwitch
STEP2: ADD ISCSI VMKERNEL PORTS
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