Dell MD32xxi - Manual (Page 22)

Dell PowerVault MD32xxi Configuration Guide for VMware ESX4.1 Server Software
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Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch2 64 7 64 9000
PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
iSCSI3 0 1 vmnic3
iSCSI2 0 1 vmnic2
iSCSI1 0 1 vmnic1
The important thing to note is that under the Uplinks section there is only one vmnic assigned to each
iSCSI VMkernel port and that they are evenly distributed across them.
This can also be done through the vCenter GUI. To configure this from the GUI first navigate to the
Networking section on the ESX host you are configuring. Configuration -> Networking.
From here, click Properties on the vSwitch2.
Select one of the VMkernel Ports, in this example iSCSI1 and click Edit.
From here select the NIC Teaming tab.
Here you are going to select the check box for Override vSwitch failover order.
Just like in the CLI example we will assign vmnic1 to iSCSI1. This is done by selecting the adapters that are
not going to be assigned to the VMkernel (vmnic2 and vmnic3 in this case) and clicking the Move Down
button until it is listed under Unused Adapters. The following figure shows the completed result. Click Ok
to complete the process. Do this same thing for each of the iSCSI VMkernel ports so that each VMkernel
port is mapped to only one adapter and they are all balanced. In this example we assigned iSCSI1to
vmnic1, iSCSI2 to vmnic2 and iSCSI3 to vmnic3.