{"id":3534,"date":"2017-01-27T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T13:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2017-01-27T14:11:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T13:11:21","slug":"vmware-esxi-configure-software-iscsi-via-command-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/vmware-esxi-configure-software-iscsi-via-command-line\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware ESXi &#8211; Configure software iSCSI adapter\u00a0via Command Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>VMware ESXi &#8211; Configure software iSCSI adapter\u00a0via Command Line<\/h3>\n<p>I have rack server Dell PowerEdge with 4 port integrated NIC cards, while 2x ports is for VMs and Management, 1 port is dedicated for vMotion traffic and last 1 port i would like use for iSCSI. First of all, <a href=\"http:\/\/tomaskalabis.com\/wordpress\/vmware-esxi-how-enable-ssh-on-esxi-host\/\">enable SSH service on your ESXi node<\/a>\u00a0and log on it (for example use my favourit client Putty).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VMkernel adapter for iSCSI is vmk2.<\/li>\n<li>iSCSI targets are: 192.168.241.205\u00a0; 206<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true\"># Enable software iSCSI adapter\r\nesxcli iscsi software set --enabled=true\r\nSoftware iSCSI Enabledesxcli iscsi adapter list\r\n\r\nAdapter  Driver     State   UID            Description\r\n-------  ---------  ------  -------------  ----------------------\r\nvmhba38  iscsi_vmk  online  iscsi.vmhba38  iSCSI Software Adapter\r\n\r\n# add iscsi adapter (requires at least one VMkernet NIC) \r\nesxcli iscsi networkportal add -n vmk2 -A vmhba38\r\n\r\n# check iSCSI port bindings\r\n esxcli iscsi networkportal list\r\nvmhba38\r\n   Adapter: vmhba38\r\n   Vmknic: vmk2\r\n   MAC Address: b8:ca:3a:60:6c:b7\r\n   MAC Address Valid: true\r\n   IPv4: 192.168.241.22\r\n   IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0\r\n   IPv6: fe80::250:56ff:fe6b:155c\/64\r\n   MTU: 1500\r\n   Vlan Supported: true\r\n   Vlan ID: 31\r\n\r\n# add dynamic discovery target (adds 204 and 205 on port 3260 and device vmhba39)\r\nesxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget add -a 192.168.241.204:3260 -A vmhba38 | esxcli iscsi adapter discovery sendtarget add -a 192.168.241.205:3260 -A vmhba38 \r\n\r\n# after setup is complete, perform rediscovery and rescan all storage devcices\r\nesxcli iscsi adapter discovery rediscover\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VMware ESXi &#8211; 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