4
Click
Manage
>
Storage Adapters
and click
iSCSI Software Adapter
.
5
Click
Network Port Binding
and click the
Add
(
+
) button.
6
In the
Bind .. with VMkernel Adapter
window, select the VMkernel network adapter that created
in the previous steps. The message “Due to recent configuration changes, a rescan of this
storage adapter is recommended” is displayed.
7
Click the
Rescan the iSCSI Software Adapter
icon.
8
In the vSphere Web Client navigate to
Manage
>
Storage
>
Storage Adapters
.
9
Select the iSCSI software adapter you created and click
Targets
>
Dynamic Discovery
.
10
Click
Add
.
11
In the
Add Send Target Server
window specify the IP address of the iSCSI server and click
OK
.
The message “Due to recent configuration changes, a rescan of this storage adapter is
recommended” is displayed.
12
Click the
Rescan the iSCSI Software Adapter
icon. The warning message disappears and the
iSCSI Target server is displayed in the lower panel.
13
Click
Static Discovery
to show the full target name of the iSCSI storage.
Assign volumes on iSCSI storage
Procedure
1
Repeat the procedures "Create a VMkernel adapter on the hosts in the cluster" and "Set up an
active software iSCSI adapter" on the other nodes in the cluster.
2
In the vCenter Web Client choose each host and navigate to
Manage
>
Storage
>
Storage
Adapters
.
3
Click the
Rescan the iSCSI Software Adapter
icon.
Results
In the Devices tab, the new iSCSI volume is shown mapped to the ESXi host (iSCSI client).
Mount a new VMFS datastore over iSCSI
To make full use of the new iSCSI storage, create a new datastore. This datastore can be mounted to all
the hosts in the cluster.
Procedure
1
In the vCenter Web Client select the cluster name.
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