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5 Click Add and select a VMkernel adapter to bind with the iSCSI adapter.
You can bind the software iSCSI adapter to one or more VMkernel adapters. For a dependent hardware
iSCSI adapter, only one VMkernel interface associated with the correct physical NIC is available.
6 Click OK.
The network connection appears on the list of VMkernel port bindings for the iSCSI adapter.
7 Verify that the network policy for the connection is compliant with the binding requirements.
Create Network Connections for iSCSI in the vSphere Web Client
Configure connections for the traffic between the software or dependent hardware iSCSI adapters and the
physical network adapters.
The following tasks discuss the iSCSI network configuration with a vSphere standard switch.
If you use a vSphere distributed switch with multiple uplink ports, for port binding, create a separate
distributed port group per each physical NIC. Then set the team policy so that each distributed port group has
only one active uplink port. For detailed information on vSphere distributed switches, see the vSphere
Networking documentation.
Procedure
1 Create a Single VMkernel Adapter for iSCSI in the vSphere Web Client on page 93
Connect the VMkernel, which runs services for iSCSI storage, to a physical network adapter.
2 Create Additional VMkernel Adapters for iSCSI in the vSphere Web Client on page 94
Use this task if you have two or more physical network adapters for iSCSI and you want to connect all
of your physical adapters to a single vSphere standard switch. In this task, you add the physical adapters
and VMkernel adapters to an existing vSphere standard switch.
3 Change Network Policy for iSCSI in the vSphere Web Client on page 95
If you use a single vSphere standard switch to connect multiple VMkernel adapters to multiple network
adapters, set up network policy so that only one physical network adapter is active for each VMkernel
adapter.
4 Bind iSCSI and VMkernel Adapters in the vSphere Web Client on page 96
Bind an iSCSI adapter with a VMkernel adapter.
5 Review Port Binding Details in the vSphere Web Client on page 96
Review networking details of the VMkernel adapter that is bound to the iSCSI adapter.
Create a Single VMkernel Adapter for iSCSI in the vSphere Web Client
Connect the VMkernel, which runs services for iSCSI storage, to a physical network adapter.
Procedure
1 Browse to the host in the vSphere Web Client navigator.
2 Click Actions, and select All vCenter Actions > Add Networking.
3 Select VMkernel Network Adapter, and click Next.
4 Select New standard switch to create a vSphere standard switch.
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