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13 Configuring iSCSI Connectivity with VMware vSphere 6 and Dell PS Series Storage | TR1075
6.1.3 Step 3: Associate VMkernel ports to physical adapters
This step creates the individual 1:1 mapping of each VMkernel port to a network adapter. This is required
so that MPIO protocols like VMware Round Robin or Dell PS Series MEM can correctly route I/O through
the VMkernel port and out from a particular physical network adapter, and therefore correctly load-
balance across the available paths.
From the previous step, there are two or more iSCSI VMkernel ports and two or more network adapters.
This section assigns each iSCSI VMkernel port one network adapter by modifying the failover order.
1. Select the host, click the Manage tab, and then click the Networking button.
2. Select the vSwitch created previously (in this example, vSwitch1), select the VMkernel port
VMkernel iSCSI-1, and click the Edit Setting icon on the left.
3. Click the Teaming and failover link, and then in the Failover order pane, check the Override
checkbox.
4. Select the network adapters that are not going to be assigned to the VMkernel (vmnic3 in this
example), and click the down arrow button until it is listed under Unused adapters.
5. When this is completed click OK.