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VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook If you prefer practice to theory then this is the ideal book for learning how to install and configure VMware vSphere components. Packed with recipes, it's a hands-on tutorial and reference guide for this unbeatable virtualization product.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849684026
Length 466 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.1 FREE CHAPTER 2. Performing a Fresh Installation of vSphere 5.1 3. vSphere Auto Deploy 4. ESXi Image Builder 5. Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores 6. Managing iSCSI and NFS Storage 7. Profile-driven Storage and Storage I/O Control 8. Configuring the vSphere Network 9. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 10. Configuring vSphere HA 11. Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM, and VMware EVC 12. Upgrading and Patching using vSphere Update Manager 13. Using vSphere Management Assistant (vMA 5.1) Index

Binding VMkernel interfaces to the software iSCSI adapter


Binding is the final stage of configuration to be done at the ESXi server to enable iSCSI multipathing. It refers to the process of associating existing VMkernel (vmk) interfaces to the software iSCSI adapter, thereby letting NMP manage multiple paths to the iSCSI targets.

Note

Keep in mind that the iSCSI initiator and the iSCSI target should be in the same subnet. iSCSI port binding does not support routing.

The VMkernel interfaces should be first prepared with only one active and no standby adapters. This is discussed in detail in the Preparing the vSphere network for iSCSI multipathing recipe.

Once the VMkernel interfaces have been prepared, you could use the instructions in this recipe to bind the interfaces to the software iSCSI adapter.

How to do it...

The following instructions will guide you through the process of binding the VMkernel interfaces to the software iSCSI adapter:

  1. On the ESXi server, navigate to Manage | Storage | Storage...

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