Vmware Esxi: Preparing For Iscsi Attachment - IBM Storwize V5010 Manual

Note: Beginning with VMware ESXi version 5.5, certain new features can be accessed
through the vSphere Web Client only. However, we do not demonstrate any of these
features. All of the following examples continue to focus on the use of the desktop client.
Connect to the ESXi server (or VMware vCenter) by using the VMware vSphere Client and
browse to the Configuration tab. Click Storage Adapters to see the HBA WWPNs, as
shown in Figure 5-18.
Figure 5-18 FC WWPNs in VMware vSphere Client
After all of these steps are completed, the ESXi host is prepared to connect to the Storwize
V5000. Go to 5.5.1, "Creating Fibre Channel hosts" on page 238 to create the ESXi FC host
in the Storwize V5000 GUI.

5.3.5 VMware ESXi: Preparing for iSCSI attachment

This section describes how to enable iSCSI on VMware ESXi hosts. We focus on vSphere
because the complete iSCSI stack was rewritten in this level. This level offers improved
performance and supports useful features, such as jumbo frames and Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP) Segmentation Offload. We focus on the basic ESXi iSCSI setup. More
detailed information is provided in the VMware vSphere Documentation Center, which is
available on the following web pages, depending on which version you use:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/index.html
For more information, see the VMware Compatibility Guide:
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
Important: For converged network adapters (CNAs) that support both FC and iSCSI, it is
important to ensure that the Ethernet networking driver is installed in addition to the FCoE
driver. The Ethernet networking driver and the FCoE driver are required for the
configuration of iSCSI.
218
Implementing the IBM Storwize V5000 Gen2 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.1