vSwitch setup for iSCSI from inside VM through ESXi

Question

Hi, in my esx 4 setup I had a vswitch for every vmk, and I just made two port groups on two of the switches for Guest iSCSI. Now with the MEM on ESXi 5 it makes one switch and I make 2 port groups for Guest iSCSI. What is the best practice for the vmnic setup for this two port groups? vmnic4+5 = Dual Port Intelvmnic6+7 = Dual Port Intel vmnic4+6 = pswitch1vmnic5+7 = pswitch2 Should I make just vmnic4 for vSAN1 and vmnic7 for vSAN2? Should I set some of the vmnics as standby? What with the other settings for the port group?

sbuerger · Answer

Okay, found something through the thread in communities.vmware.com/.../259695 en.community.dell.com/.../data-drives-in-vmware.aspx If that still is best practice I'll go with that setup...

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