Determine Association Between iSCSI and Network Adapters

You create network connections to bind dependent iSCSI and physical network adapters. To create the connections correctly, you must determine the name of the physical NIC with which the dependent hardware iSCSI adapter is associated.

Procedure

1. Navigate to the host.
2. Click the Configure tab.
3. Under Storage, click Storage Adapters.
4. Select the iSCSI adapter (vmhba#) and click the Network Port Binding tab under adapter details.
5. Click Add.
   The network adapter (vmnic#) that corresponds to the dependent iSCSI adapter is listed in the Physical Network Adapter column.

What to do next

If the VMkernel Adapter column is empty, create a VMkernel adapter (vmk#) for the physical network adapter (vmnic#) and then bind them to the associated dependent hardware iSCSI. See Setting Up Network for iSCSI and iSER.