VMware iSER host attachment

iSER Ethernet hosts for the VMware operating system can be attached to the system.

To add a VMware host with iSER connections, complete the following steps:
  • Before you can attach a VMware host with an iSER connection, you need to enable the iSER component on the VMware host. To use an iSER adapter on a VMware host, you must use a VMware Version 6.7 ESX server. VMware Version 6.7 ESX servers support the use of Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) transport protocol instead of TCP/IP on the iSCSI framework. After you enable an iSER adapter on a VMware host, connect the iSER adapter to a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)-capable physical network adapter. You can then configure typical properties, such as targets and CHAP, for the iSER adapter. The complete process for setting up iSER-enabled adapters for VMware hosts is documented in the VMware documentation. Before you attach the VMware host with iSER connections to the system, the following tasks must be completed on the VMware server:
    1. Enabling iSER adapters on VMware hosts.
    2. Configure port binding for iSER. Port binding is the process on configuring between the iSER engine and the RDMA-capable network adapter.
  • Read the information about setting up the host server.
  • Ensure that you are familiar with the command-line interface (CLI) commands.