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Presenting eva storage for linux, Setting up the iscsi initiator for vmware – HP EVA P6000 Storage User Manual

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Presenting EVA storage for Linux

To set up LUNs using HP P6000 Command View:

1.

Set up LUNs using HP P6000 Command View. For procedure steps, see

Step 2

.

2.

Set up the iSCSI drive on the iSCSI Initiator:
a.

Restart the iSCSI services:

/etc/rc.d/initd/iscsi restart

b.

Verify that the iSCSI LUNs are presented to the operating system by entering the following
command:

fdisk -l

Setting up the iSCSI Initiator for VMware

The software iSCSI Initiator is built into the ESX server VMkernel and uses standard 10 GigE/GigE
NICs to connect to the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE modules.

To set up software-based iSCSI storage connectivity:
1.

Install the appropriate license from VMware to enable the iSCSI software driver using the
VMware instructions.

2.

Configure the VMKernel TCP/IP networking stack for iSCSI support. Configure the VMkernel
service console with dedicated virtual switch using a dedicated NIC for iSCSI data traffic.
Follow the instructions from VMware.

Figure 54 (page 115)

shows an example of a

configuration.

Figure 54 Configuration tab

3.

Open a firewall port by enabling the iSCSI software client service:
a.

Using the VMware VI client, select the server.

b.

Click the Configuration tab, and then click Security Profile.

c.

Click the Properties link.

The Firewall Properties dialog box is displayed (see

Figure 55 (page 116)

).

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