Dell PowerVault MD3220i Deployment Manual

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Dell PowerVault MD32xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server SoftwarePage 33Step A3: Assign Network AdaptersJust like in the previous example, the next step in the process is to assign the network adapters (NICs) thatwill be attached to the iSCSI network and used for iSCSI traffic. These will be attached to the vSwitch2 thatwe created earlier. This can be done two ways, in the vCenter GUI or by CLI.To list all of the adapters in the system run the following command:esxcfg-nics –lThis will list all of the adapters in the system. Assign the NICs that are physically connected to the SANinfrastructure and to the vSwitch. The following command assumes that we are assigning vmnic2 andvmnic3 to the vSwitch.esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic2 vSwitch2esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic3 vSwitch2Once again to verify the configuration type the following command to list the vSwitch information:esxcfg-vswitch –lYour output will look similar to the following. Note the new vmnics that were assigned to the vSwitchunder uplinks.Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU UplinksvSwitch2 64 9 64 9000 vmmnic3,vmnic2PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports UplinksiSCSI6 0 1 vmnic2,vmnic3iSCSI5 0 1 vmnic2,vmnic3iSCSI4 0 1 vmnic2,vmnic3iSCSI3 0 1 vmnic2,vmnic3iSCSI2 0 1 vmnic2,vmnic3iSCSI1 0 1 vmnic2,vmnic3This can also be configured and verified in the vCenter GUI. Remember that the polling of vCenter is notinstant so a refresh might need to occur to see the latest changes. To configure this same process fromthe GUI, first navigate to the Networking section on the ESX host you are configuring. Configuration ->Networking.From here, click Properties on the vSwitch2.