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Thanks Andrew, I had figured this out - basically the OS (Windows) noe ESX is handling the ISCSi traffic
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Thanks Andrew, I had figured this out - basically the OS (Windows) noe ESX is handling the ISCSi traffic

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Hi - confused around the use if a VMKernal Port for use of iscsi.<br />
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Now bearing in mind I am NOT using VMWare software iSCSI storage adapter.<br />
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Question is to use the iSCSI initiator inside a windows 2008 r2 server - do i really even need a VMkernal Port. If i only add a VMkernal Port I cant (inside windows) add an IP address in that iSCSI VLAN. &nbsp;However If i add a Virtual Machine Port Group with a VLAN tag of the iSCSI VLAN - I can then add an adapter to the VM (place it in the iSCSI Virtual machine Port group) I can then ping the Netapp filer iscsi interface. Question is do I &quot;still&quot; need the &nbsp;iSCSI VMkernal Port on the esx host? - Does the iscsi &nbsp; still work on the Virtual machine port group (as long as its tagged with the iscsi vlan?)
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Hi - confused around the use if a VMKernal Port for use of iscsi.

Now bearing in mind I am NOT using VMWare software iSCSI storage adapter.

Question is to use the iSCSI initiator inside a windows 2008 r2 server - do i really even need a VMkernal Port. If i only add a VMkernal Port I cant (inside windows) add an IP address in that iSCSI VLAN.  However If i add a Virtual Machine Port Group with a VLAN tag of the iSCSI VLAN - I can then add an adapter to the VM (place it in the iSCSI Virtual machine Port group) I can then ping the Netapp filer iscsi interface. Question is do I "still" need the  iSCSI VMkernal Port on the esx host? - Does the iscsi   still work on the Virtual machine port group (as long as its tagged with the iscsi vlan?)

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iscsi &quot;windows iscsi&quot; in a VMware 5.1 environment

iscsi "windows iscsi" in a VMware 5.1 environment