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BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide
164 Chapter 12: Virtual NICs BMD00220, October 2010
vNICs for iSCSI on Emulex Eraptor 2
The BLADEOS vNIC feature works with standard network applications like iSCSI as previously
described. However, the Emulex Eraptor 2 NIC expects iSCSI traffic to occur only on a single vNIC
pipe. When using the Emulex Erapter 2, only vNIC pipe 2 may participate in ISCSI.
To configure the switch for this solution, iSCSI traffic should be placed in its own vNIC group,
comprised of the uplink port leading to the iSCSI target, and the related <port>.2 vNIC pipes
connected to the participating servers. For example:
1. Define the server ports.
2. Enable the vNIC feature on the switch.
3. Configure the virtual pipes for the iSCSI vNICs attached to each server port:
Note – vNICs are not supported simultaneously on the same switch ports as VMready, or on the
same switch as DCBX or FCoE.
4. Add ports and virtual pipes to a vNIC group.
5. Save the configuration.
RS G8124(config)# system server-ports port 1-3
RS G8124 # vnic enable
RS G8124(config)# vnic port 1 index 2 (Select vNIC 2 on the server port)
RS G8124(vnic_config)# enable (Enable the vNIC pipe)
RS G8124(vnic_config)# exit
RS G8124(config)# vnic port 2 index 2 (Select vNIC 2 on the server port)
RS G8124(vnic_config)# enable (Enable the vNIC pipe)
RS G8124(vnic_config)# exit
RS G8124(config)# vnic port 3 index 2 (Select vNIC 2 on the server port)
RS G8124(vnic_config)# enable (Enable the vNIC pipe)
RS G8124(vnic_config)# exit
RS G8124(config)# vnic vnicgroup 1 (Select vNIC group)
RS G8124(vnic group config)# vlan 1000 (Specify the VLAN)
RS G8124(vnic group config)# member 1.2 (Add iSCSI vNIC pipes to the group)
RS G8124(vnic group config)# member 2.2
RS G8124(vnic group config)# member 3.2
RS G8124(vnic group config)# port 4 (Add the uplink port to the group)
RS G8124(vnic group config)# enable (Enable the vNIC group)
RS G8124(vnic group config)# exit