Hi,
Could do with a little help getting my head round the following:
I had a problem with a newly configured ESXi 5.1 host, at reboot it hung on vmw_satp_lsi successfully loaded. I linked this to http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2017084 and the fact I had iSCSI port binding in place, but I’m not so sure. Host and SAN configured as follows:
ESXi host:
vSwitch1
vmk1 IP: 192.168.132.105 (Port Binding vmnic 1)
vmk2 IP: 192.168.133.105 (Port Binding vmnic 2)
Storage array:
Controller 0/1: 192.168.130.100
Controller 0/2: 192.168.131.100
Controller 0/3: 192.168.132.100
Controller 0/4: 192.168.133.100
Controller 1/1: 192.168.130.101
Controller 1/1: 192.168.131.101
Controller 1/1: 192.168.132.101
Controller 1/1: 192.168.133.101
The Dell MD3220i documentation is what I’m finding a little unclear regarding this, as below:
"In a configuration assign one VMkernel port for each physical NIC in the system. So if there are 3 NICs, assign 3 VMkernel Ports. This is referred to in VMware’s iSCSI SAN Configuration Guide as 1:1 port binding.
- Note: Port binding requires that all target ports of the storage array must reside on the same broadcast domain as the VMkernel ports because routing is not supported with port binding. See VMware KB #2017084 here. "
So the above advises on 1:1 port binding for multiple NICs then notes that they must be on the same broadcast domain?
Any help on understanding this appreciated.
Thanks