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See “View Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters,” on page 307.
If your dependent hardware adapters do not appear on the list of storage adapters, check whether they
need to be licensed. See your vendor documentation.
2 Determine the association between the dependent hardware adapters and physical NICs.
See “Determine Association Between iSCSI and Network Adapters,” on page 308.
Make sure to note the names of the corresponding physical NICs. For example, the vmhba33 adapter
corresponds to vmnic1 and vmhba34 corresponds to vmnic2.
3 Configure networking for iSCSI.
See “Setting Up iSCSI Network,” on page 310.
Configuring the network involves creating a VMkernel interface for each physical network adapter and
associating the interface with an appropriate iSCSI adapter.
4 (Optional) Enable Jumbo Frames.
See “Using Jumbo Frames with iSCSI,” on page 315.
5 Configure discovery information.
See “Configuring Discovery Addresses for iSCSI Adapters,” on page 316.
6 (Optional) Configure CHAP parameters.
See “Configuring CHAP Parameters for iSCSI Adapters,” on page 317.
View Dependent Hardware iSCSI Adapters
View a dependent hardware iSCSI adapter to verify that it is correctly loaded.
If the dependent hardware adapter does not appear on the list of storage adapters, check whether it needs to
be licensed. See your vendor documentation.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Required privilege: Host.Configuration.Storage Partition Configuration
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client, and select a host from the inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab and click Storage Adapters in the Hardware panel.
If it is installed, the dependent hardware iSCSI adapter appears on the list of storage adapters under
such category as, for example, Broadcom iSCSI Adapter.
3 Select the adapter to view and click Properties.
The iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box opens. It displays the default details for the adapter, including
the iSCSI name, iSCSI alias, and the status.
4 (Optional) To change the default iSCSI name, click Configure.
What to do next
Although the dependent iSCSI adapter is enabled by default, to make it functional, you must set up
networking for the iSCSI traffic and bind the adapter to the appropriate VMkernel iSCSI port. You then
configure discovery addresses and CHAP parameters.
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