Dell EqualLogic PS6210XV EqualLogic Multipathing Extension Module Installation - Page 10

Task 3 4 Action Decide on VMkernel ports. Create VMkernel ports. 5 Remove extra uplinks. 6 Enable VMware iSCSI Initiator. 7 Bind the VMkernel ports. 8 Add discovery list. Description Each port must be mapped to a single network port. Create VMkernel ports for the iSCSI initiator to use. Create one VMkernel port per physical NIC used for iSCSI multipathing. If you have multiple VMkernel ports sharing an uplink, EHCM uses only one of them, and the excess VMkernel ports are ignored. You can use NIC teaming multiple NICs per vSwitch, but each VMkernel port must be mapped to a single uplink (physical NIC). You can verify this mapping by using the command esxcfg-vswitch l, and you can remove extra uplinks with the esxcfg-vswitch N command. If you are using the software initiator, enable VMware iSCSI Initiator. Bind the VMkernel ports to the iSCSI daemon with the following command: esxcli iscsi networkportal add Add the PS Series group address to the iSCSI Initiator discovery list. If you are using Broadcom iSCSI offload adapters, each adapter port has a separate vmhba. The discovery address must be entered for each adapter name. See the VMware iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide for more information. NOTE: See the PS Series documentation for group limits and pool limits on total iSCSI sessions. You might need to reduce the number of sessions created per volume in large configurations. Using the Setup Script for Network Configuration Use the Dell EqualLogic installation script setup.pl for network configuration operations. Prerequisites for setup.pl Script The setup.pl script is designed to run from the VMware Management Assistant (vMA) or the vSphere CLI from a Linux or Windows host. vSphere CLI version 6.x is supported. NOTE: VMware Management Assistant (vMA) does not support vSphere ESXi version 6.7 or later. The setup.pl script parameters that are common to multiple operations are shown in the following table: Table 3. Commonly Used Parameters for setup.pl Script Parameter --server Description ESXi host or vCenter server against which to run the command. --username Administrative user account on the system that the --server parameter specifies. --password Password for administrative account on the host. To install MEM on an ESXi host, it must be configured with an administrative password. --vihost ESXi host. This parameter is required if --server refers to a vCenter server. --viusername Administrative user account for the system that the--vihost parameter specifies. --vipassword Password for administrative account for the system that the --vhhost parameter specifies. -reboot Reboot automatically following a successful installation or uninstall. Applies only to --install and -remove operations. 10 Installing Dell EqualLogic MEM