Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.1 Installation and Deployment Guide

Configure VMkernel ports

You can configure the VMKernel ports from the RecoverPoint for VMs plug-in UI, and they will be automatically created for all the ESXi hosts in the ESXi cluster. Alternatively, you can use this procedure to manually configure VMkernel ports.

1. For each ESXi host, click Manage > Networking > VMkernel adapters.
2. Add the VMkernel adapters.
   • Assign IP addresses that are on a routable subnet or on the same subnet as the vRPA data interfaces.

     It is recommended also that the VMkernel and vRPA data ports be on the same L2 network.

   • For a standard vSwitch, create a VMkernel port with the network label: RP-VM-Kernel-Port-Group
   • For a distributed vSwitch:
     • Create a VMkernel port on the relevant port group.
     • On the Ports tab of the Distributed Ports Group page, label each VMkernel port that is to be used for splitter-to-vRPA communication as RP-VM-Kernel-Port-Key.
   The vRPA data IP addresses are assigned when deploying the vRPA cluster.