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5 Click the Add adapters icon, and select the network adapter (vmnic#) to use for iSCSI.
Make sure to assign the adapter to Active Adapters.
IMPORTANT If you are creating a VMkernel adapter for dependent hardware iSCSI, select the network
adapter that corresponds to the iSCSI component. See “Determine Association Between iSCSI and
Network Adapters in the vSphere Web Client,” on page 84.
6 Enter a network label.
A network label is a friendly name that identifies the VMkernel adapter that you are creating, for example,
iSCSI.
7 Specify the IP settings.
8 Review the information and click Finish.
You created the virtual VMkernel adapter (vmk#) for a physical network adapter (vmnic#) on your host.
What to do next
If your host has one physical network adapter for iSCSI traffic, you must bind the virtual adapter that you
created to the iSCSI adapter.
If you have multiple network adapters, create additional VMkernel adapters and then perform iSCSI binding.
The number of virtual adapters must correspond to the number of physical adapters on the host.
Create Additional VMkernel Adapters for iSCSI in the vSphere Web Client
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.
Prerequisites
Create a vSphere standard switch that maps an iSCSI VMkernel adapter to a single physical network adapter
designated for iSCSI traffic.
Procedure
1 Browse to the host in the vSphere Web Client navigator.
2 Click the Manage tab, and click Networking.
3 Click Virtual Switches, and select the vSphere switch that you want to modify from the list.
4 Connect additional network adapters to the switch.
a Click the Add host networking icon.
b Select Physical Network Adapters, and click Next.
c Make sure that you are using the existing switch, and click Next.
d Click the Add adapters icon, and select one or more network adapters (vmnic#) to use for iSCSI.
With dependent hardware iSCSI adapters, select only those NICs that have a corresponding iSCSI
component.
e Complete configuration, and click Finish.
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