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2 Click the Configure tab.
3 Under Networking, click Virtual switches, and select the vSphere switch that you want to modify
from the list.
4 Connect additional network adapters to the switch.
a Click the Add host networking icon.
b Select Physical Network Adapters, and click Next.
c Make sure that you are using the existing switch, and click Next.
d Click the Add adapters icon, and select one or more network adapters (vmnic#) to use for iSCSI.
With dependent hardware iSCSI adapters, select only those NICs that have a corresponding
iSCSI component.
e Complete configuration, and click Finish.
5 Create iSCSI VMkernel adapters for all physical network adapters that you added.
The number of VMkernel interfaces must correspond to the number of physical network adapters on
the vSphere standard switch.
a Click the Add host networking icon.
b Select VMkernel Network Adapter, and click Next.
c Make sure that you are using the existing switch, and click Next.
d Complete configuration, and click Finish.
What to do next
Change the network policy for all VMkernel adapters, so that only one physical network adapter is active
for each VMkernel adapter. You can then bind the iSCSI VMkernel adapters to the software iSCSI or
dependent hardware iSCSI adapters.
Change Network Policy for iSCSI
If you use a single vSphere Standard switch to connect multiple VMkernel adapters to multiple network
adapters, set up the network policy for this configuration. Only one physical network adapter must be
active for each VMkernel adapter.
By default, for each VMkernel adapter on the vSphere Standard switch, all network adapters appear as
active. You must override this setup, so that each VMkernel adapter maps to only one corresponding
active physical. For example, vmk1 maps to vmnic1, vmk2 maps to vmnic2, and so on.
Prerequisites
Create a vSphere Standard switch that connects VMkernel with physical network adapters designated for
iSCSI traffic. The number of VMkernel adapters must correspond to the number of physical adapters on
the vSphere Standard switch.
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