topic iscsiboot from san creates default iscsiboot vmkernel/portgroup/vswitch on esxi in Array Setup and Networking https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982236#M300 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I got my esxi server booting from san and the installation completed. but why does it create a default iscsiboot vmkernel/portgroup/vswitch on my esxi server? </P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:43:24 GMT vmw9 2015-01-10T22:43:24Z iscsiboot from san creates default iscsiboot vmkernel/portgroup/vswitch on esxi https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982236#M300 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I got my esxi server booting from san and the installation completed. but why does it create a default iscsiboot vmkernel/portgroup/vswitch on my esxi server? </P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 10 Jan 2015 22:43:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982236#M300 vmw9 2015-01-10T22:43:24Z Re: iscsiboot from san creates default iscsiboot vmkernel/portgroup/vswitch on esxi https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982237#M301 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It creates this vSwitch as it needs to constantly be communicating with the iSCSI attached boot disks. Do not modify this vSwitch.</P><P></P><P>A quick Google returned this blog post: <A href="http://virtualrush.org/2013/09/29/iscsi-boot-from-san-with-cisco-ucs/" title="http://virtualrush.org/2013/09/29/iscsi-boot-from-san-with-cisco-ucs/">iSCSI Boot from SAN with Cisco UCS | virtualrush</A></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:05:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982237#M301 Nick_Dyer 2015-01-11T17:05:30Z Re: iscsiboot from san creates default iscsiboot vmkernel/portgroup/vswitch on esxi https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982238#M302 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I deleted that iscsibootvswitch and rebooted and the server booted fine. Do I really need this vswitch?</P><P></P><P>Or can I use this vswitch for my iscsi datastore traffic as well?</P><P></P><P>thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 11 Jan 2015 17:24:56 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/iscsiboot-from-san-creates-default-iscsiboot-vmkernel-portgroup/m-p/6982238#M302 vmw9 2015-01-11T17:24:56Z