https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/msa2312i-with-esx/m-p/4551677#M33705 Hello,<BR /><BR />I've always used separate nics, since i'm using different physical switches for the iSCSI SAN.<BR /><BR />No software need to be installed on the Host - just active SW iSCSI.<BR /><BR /><BR />Regards Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:15:05 GMT Niels Vejrup Pedersen 2009-12-22T11:15:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/msa2312i-with-esx/m-p/4551676#M33704 Hi,<BR />Anyone got expirience with the MSA2312i together with ESX 3.5? I'm thinking about stability and performance. Is recommandable to have seperate nics for the iscsi traffic and is it neccessary to install any extra software on the host to get it working?<BR /><BR />regards<BR /><BR />-inex Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:30:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/msa2312i-with-esx/m-p/4551676#M33704 inex 2009-12-17T10:30:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/msa2312i-with-esx/m-p/4551677#M33705 Hello,<BR /><BR />I've always used separate nics, since i'm using different physical switches for the iSCSI SAN.<BR /><BR />No software need to be installed on the Host - just active SW iSCSI.<BR /><BR /><BR />Regards Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:15:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/msa2312i-with-esx/m-p/4551677#M33705 Niels Vejrup Pedersen 2009-12-22T11:15:05Z