HP 3PAR VMware ESX Implementation Guide

Figure 30 Add Network Wizard
4. Select VMkernel and click Next. This lets you connect to the VMkernel which runs services for
iSCSI storage to the physical network. The Network Access page appears.
5. Select Create a Virtual Switch and select the NICs that will be used for iSCSI. (In this example,
2 NICs are selected to configure an active/active teamed NICs that will connect to the HP
3PAR storage array.)
6. Click Next.
7. In ESX 4.x, configure Active/Active NIC teaming by bringing up all of the NIC adapters being
used as "Active Adapters" in the vSwitch Properties. For each ESX host, use the VI/vSphere
client Configuration tab→Networking→Properties, click the Edit radio button, and then highlight
and use the Move Up radio button to bring each of the NIC adapters for NIC teaming from
the Standby Adapters or Unused Adapters section to the Active Adapters section.
The dialog box shows that this was completed for NIC adapters vmnic1 and vmnic2.
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