Vnics For Iscsi On Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter - Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 Application Manual

vNICs for iSCSI on Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter

1. Enable the vNIC feature on the switch.
2. Configure the virtual pipes for the iSCSI vNICs attached to each internal port:
3. Add ports and virtual pipes to a vNIC group.
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The N/ OS vNIC feature works with standard network applications like iSCSI as
previously described. However, the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter for Lenovo
Flex System expects iSCSI traffic to occur only on a single vNIC pipe. When using
the Emulex Adapter 2, only vNIC pipe 2 may participate in iSCSI.
To configure the switch for this solution, iSCSI traffic should be placed in its own
vNIC group, comprised of the external uplink port leading to the iSCSI target, and
the related <port>.2 vNIC pipes connected to the participating servers. For
example:
CN4093 # vnic enable
CN4093(config)# vnic port INTA1 index 2 (Select vNIC 2 on the server port)
CN4093(vnic_config)# enable
CN4093(vnic_config)# exit
CN4093(config)# vnic port INTA2 index 2(Select vNIC 2 on the server port)
CN4093(vnic_config)# enable
CN4093(vnic_config)# exit
CN4093(config)# vnic port INTA3 index 2(Select vNIC 2 on the server port)
CN4093(vnic_config)# enable
CN4093(vnic_config)# exit
Note: vNICs are not supported simultaneously on the same switch ports as
VMready.
CN4093(config)# vnic vnicgroup 1
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# vlan 1000
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# member INTA1.2(Add iSCSI vNIC pipes to the group)
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# member INTA2.2
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# member INTA3.2
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# port EXT1
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# enable
CN4093(vnic­group­config)# exit
(Enable the vNIC pipe)
(Enable the vNIC pipe)
(Enable the vNIC pipe)
(Select vNIC group)
(Specify the VLAN)
(Add the uplink port to the group)
(Enable the vNIC group)