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22 Dell EMC Networking FCoE-to-Fibre Channel Deployment with S4148U-ON in F_port Mode | version 1.0
5. Click OK to apply the setting and close the box.
6. Repeat for the host's second FCoE vSwitch, e.g., vSwitch2.
7. Repeat the steps above for the remaining ESXi hosts.
Use the following steps to increase the MTU size to 2500 bytes on the VMkernel adapters created for FCoE:
1. In the vSphere Web Client, go to Home > Hosts and Clusters.
2. In the left pane, select the first ESXi host. In the center pane, select Configure > VMkernel
adapters.
3. Select the first FCoE VMkernel adapter, e.g., FCoE1.
4. Click the icon to open the Edit Settings dialog box and select NIC settings.
5. Change the MTU value to 2500 bytes.
6. Click OK to apply the setting and close the box.
7. Repeat for the host's second VMkernel adapter, e.g., FCoE2.
8. Repeat the steps above for the remaining ESXi hosts.
4.5.6 Add software FCoE adapters to ESXi Hosts
To add FCoE storage adapters:
1. In the vSphere Web Client, go to Home > Hosts and Clusters.
2. In the left pane, select the first ESXi host. In the center pane, select Configure > Storage > Storage
Adapters.
3. Under Storage Adapters, click the icon and select Software FCoE adapter to open the Add
Software FCoE Adapter dialog box. The first vmnic configured for FCoE is automatically selected.
4. Leave the settings at their default values and click OK to create the FCoE adapter.
5. Click the icon to refresh the storage adapter view. The newly added FCoE adapter appears
under QLogic 57800 10 Gigabit Ethernet Multi Function Adapter.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 to add the second FCoE adapter.
When complete, two FCoE storage adapters, named vmhba32 and vmhba33 in this example, are listed:
FCoE storage adapters created on ESXi host
Repeat the steps above for the remaining ESXi hosts.