Dell VxRail™ Appliance 4.7x Administration Guide

Set up an active software iSCSI adapter

1. In the left panel of the vSphere Client, click vCenter > Hosts and Clusters and select the ESXi host you previously configured.
2. Click Manage > Storage > Storage Adapters and click the Add (+) button to add a software iSCSI adapter.
3. In the Add Software iSCSI Adapter window, click OK.
   If needed, you can further configure the adapter in the Adapter Details section.
   The newly added storage adapter is displayed in the Storage Adapters list.
4. Click Manage > Storage > Storage Adapters and click iSCSI Software Adapter.
   The created iSCSI name is listed in the Identifier column and Properties tab of the lower panel. Its format is iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:xxxxxx-xxxxx. You can change the iSCSI name by clicking Edit in the Properties tab of the lower panel.
5. Click Network Port Binding and click the Add (+) button.
6. In the Bind .. with VMkernel Adapter window, select the VMkernel network adapter that created in the previous steps.
   The message “Due to recent configuration changes, a rescan of this storage adapter is recommended” is displayed.
7. Click the Rescan the iSCSI Software Adapter icon.
8. In the vSphere Client navigate to Manage > Storage > Storage Adapters.
9. Select the iSCSI software adapter you created and click Targets > Dynamic Discovery.
10. Click Add.
11. In the Add Send Target Server window specify the IP address of the iSCSI server and click OK.
    The message “Due to recent configuration changes, a rescan of this storage adapter is recommended” is displayed.
    NOTE:We recommend that you do not change the host iSCSI name after adding iSCSI storage information.
12. Click the Rescan the iSCSI Software Adapter icon.
    The warning message disappears and the iSCSI Target server is displayed in the lower panel.
13. Click Static Discovery to show the full target name of the iSCSI storage.