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Figure 12. Port Binding Separate vSwitches After you map VMkernel ports to network adapters, use the esxcli command to connect the ports with the software iSCSI initiator. Activate Multipathing for Software iSCSI Initiator Use this task only if your ESX/ESXi host has two or more physical network adapters that you designate for iSCSI traffic. This task explains how to activate host-based multipathing for your host by connecting the software iSCSI initiator to iSCSI VMkernel ports that you created for the network adapters. Before you activate multipathing, complete the following tasks: • Create VMkernel ports for the physical network adapters making sure to use 1:1 port to adapter mapping. • Enable the software iSCSI initiator. To activate multipathing for software iSCSI initiator: 1 Identify the names of VMkernel iSCSI ports assigned to physical adapters. The vSphere Client displays the port's name below the network label. Example 1: Figure 13 shows the ports' names as vmk1 and vmk2. 20 Dell MD Storage Array vCenter Plug-in

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Figure 12.
Port Binding Separate vSwitches
After you map VMkernel ports to network adapters, use the
esxcli
command
to connect the ports with the software iSCSI initiator.
Activate Multipathing for Software iSCSI Initiator
Use this task only if your ESX/ESXi host has two or more physical network
adapters that you designate for iSCSI traffic. This task explains how to
activate host-based multipathing for your host by connecting the software
iSCSI initiator to iSCSI VMkernel ports that you created for the network
adapters.
Before you activate multipathing, complete the following tasks:
•
Create VMkernel ports for the physical network adapters making sure to
use 1:1 port to adapter mapping.
•
Enable the software iSCSI initiator.
To activate multipathing for software iSCSI initiator:
1
Identify the names of VMkernel iSCSI ports assigned to physical adapters.
The vSphere Client displays the port's name below the network label.
Example 1: Figure 13 shows the ports' names as vmk1 and vmk2.