Dell PowerVault MD3220i Deployment Manual

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Dell PowerVault MD32xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server SoftwarePage 31http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vs_pages/vsp_pubs_esxi41_e_vc41.htmlDell/VMware alliance home page:http://www.dell.com/vmwareAppendix AThis appendix details an example of how to over commit the number of VMkernel ports to the physical NICs. This isusually done in environments in which the NIC is capable of handling multiple sessions such as 10GbE. This can alsobe done in larger environments combined with a PowerVault SAN to help achieve maximum bandwidth to theSAN.In this appendix example we are using 2 physical NICs and assigning 3 VMkernel ports to each one for a total of 6sessions to the SAN.Step A1: Configure vSwitch and Enable Jumbo FramesFollow the Step 1 configuration steps in the main document as there are no changes for adding multipleVMkernel ports.Step A2: Add iSCSI VMkernel PortsThe following command will add a new iSCSI VMkernel Port named iSCSI1 on the vSwitch created in theprevious step.esxcfg-vswitch –A iSCSI1 vSwitch2This next command will configure the IP Address, Subnet Mask and enable Jumbo Frame support for thenew VMkernel Port iSCSI1esxcfg-vmknic –a –i 10.10.5.173 –n 255.255.255.0 –m 9000 iSCSI1Following the example from before we are just adding more VMkernel ports. We need to create 5 moreVMkernel Ports named iSCSI2, iSCSI3, iSCSI4, iSCSI5 and iSCSI6. Then configure the IP addresses, subnetmasks and enable Jumbo Frames.esxcfg-vswitch –A iSCSI2 vSwitch2esxcfg-vmknic –a –i 10.10.5.174 –n 255.255.255.0 –m 9000 iSCSI2esxcfg-vswitch –A iSCSI3 vSwitch2