i'll try to summarize my situation and questions as easy as i can.
We have (2) identical ESX hosts in this equation, but for simplicity i'll just speak about one. Each Host was recently upgraded with (2) 10Gbit NICs. These NICs are connected to (2) 10Gbit switches, which, in turn, is connected to a new 10Gbit SAN (see a trend here?)
I now know that ESX only supports a single iSCSI software adapter, which is currently dedicated to the 1Gbit vSwitch. What i dont know is if it's safe or not to also add the 10Gbit ports to this same software adapter. Does ESX even care that theyre different ports/switches? Will i hose up the networking if i add those (4) new ports?
I am currently at the menu that says "Bind with VMKernel Network Adapter" which allows me to select 1 or all of the new 10Gbit ports. I have it set up correctly so far. I'm just not sure if it's safe to add these new ports.
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i'll try to summarize my situation and questions as easy as i can.
We have (2) identical ESX hosts in this equation, but for simplicity i'll just speak about one. Each Host was recently upgraded with (2) 10Gbit NICs. These NICs are connected to (2) 10Gbit switches, which, in turn, is connected to a new 10Gbit SAN (see a trend here?)
Our current setup is as follows:
Host --> (4) 1Gb iSCSI ports --> vSwitch2 --> iSCSI Software Adapter
Our new setup will be:
Host --> (4) 1Gb iSCSI ports --> vSwitch2 --> iSCSI Software Adapter
plus
Host --> (4) 10Gb iSCSI ports --> vSwitch6 --> iSCSI Software Adapter
I now know that ESX only supports a single iSCSI software adapter, which is currently dedicated to the 1Gbit vSwitch. What i dont know is if it's safe or not to also add the 10Gbit ports to this same software adapter. Does ESX even care that theyre different ports/switches? Will i hose up the networking if i add those (4) new ports?
I am currently at the menu that says "Bind with VMKernel Network Adapter" which allows me to select 1 or all of the new 10Gbit ports. I have it set up correctly so far. I'm just not sure if it's safe to add these new ports.
Thanks guys!
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