Here are test configurations and methods for your reference.

Configuration: <Desktop PC> MB: Asus P5B-MX CPU: Intel E2140 1.6GHz CPU Memory: 512MB DDR2 x 2 Display: ATI Radeon HD 2400 LAN IP address: 192.168.1.55 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254 DNS: 192.168.1.1 OS: Windows XP Professional

<i5500> RAID 5 with 3x 80GB WD HDD total 148GB, Volume group name is i5, User data volume separated from t1 and t2 and created Logical unit LUN 0 for t1.

LAN IP addresses setting, See below attachment i5500_IP Address.PNG.

LAN1 IP setting as below attachment i5500_iSCSI config_LAN1.PNG.

iSCSI config node name is iqn.2004-10.com.thecus:iseries-000a4070d:default-target

<VMware ESX Server 3.5> MB: Asus P5LD2-VM CPU: Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz CPU Memory: 1GB DDR2 x 2 + 512MB DDR2 x2 Display: Onboard LAN IP address: 192.168.1.100 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.254 DNS: 192.168.1.1 Iscsi name: iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:i5-4749c737 Iscsi Alias: i5.vm.com

I install VMware ESX Server everything was well, to use VMware Infrastructure Client to connect VMware ESX Server, you first need to download it. You can do that by typing https://192.168.1.100:8333 into your browser.

It should return a directory listing, select the Windows Version.

Install it. Open VMware Infrastructure Client.

VMware Infrastructure Client Setup: Step 1 - Licensing First, make sure that your server is licensed to use iSCSI. You can do this inside the Configuration tab for the server and then check under Licensed Features. Step 2 - Add the Networking Adaptor Next, add the VMKernel Port under the Networking configuration option. The VMKernel port is required to use iSCSI. Check the properties of that port and ensure that iSCSI Enabled is checked.

Step 3 - Open a port on your Firewall for iSCSI If you are using VMware ESX 3.x, like I am, then you can skip this step. However, on VMware ESX 3.x systems, you need to open a port in your security profile (your firewall) for iSCSI to function. To do this, go to the Configuration tab, then to Security Profile and click Properties. Check the port for the iSCSI Initator. Step 4 - Configure your Storage Adaptors Go to the Configuration tab, then to Storage Adaptors. Your adaptor may be called vmhba40 or, in my case, it is called the iSCSI Software Adaptor. Select that adaptor, then click Properties.

Click on the Configure button, then check Enable, then click OK, then Close. Your adaptor will be modified and you should see Completed in your Recent Tasks, when done.

Now, go back into the Properties for the adaptor and click on the Dynamic Discovery tab. Choose to Add, and new Target. Enter the IP address of the iSCSI server and click OK.

Your adaptor will be modified and you should see Completed in your Recent Tasks, when done. Now, click Rescan, and rescan for new Targets. When done, you should see that your iSCSI adaptor now has 1 Target (the i5500), like this:

Step 5 - Verify that you have access to the new iSCSI Storage array To verify that you can use the new iSCSI SAN volume, you should add a VMFS volume on it by going to the storage section, then clicking Add Storage. Here is what the 75GB array will look like with a VMFS volume on it.

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