Who's done basic iSCSI setups? I'm new to them and want to figure out how to get this working for a learning project.
I'd like to setup a home test environment of VMWare ESXi with SAN storage so that I can use vmotion. Since I'm somewhat familiar with fibre channel from past experiences, I'd like to branch our to learn iSCSI as well.
Does it seem reasonable that I could build a system running an OS or freenas that has an iSCSI initiator to allocate shared storage to a LUN? In order for vmotion to work, I need two physical machines to see the same storage device.
I've put together a conceptual diagram of what I'm thinking might work. Does this make sense? Is it difficult to get iSCSI working? I've read that iSCSI traffic should be seperate from normal TCP traffic which is why I have two conceptual switches in my layout. I realize I could probably get away with one switch using VLAN which is also desirable (so that I can learn that also).
Are there certain NIC hardware I should consider for iSCSI? I was reading that the intel pro 1000 adapters should work for this just fine.
I'd like to setup a home test environment of VMWare ESXi with SAN storage so that I can use vmotion. Since I'm somewhat familiar with fibre channel from past experiences, I'd like to branch our to learn iSCSI as well.
Does it seem reasonable that I could build a system running an OS or freenas that has an iSCSI initiator to allocate shared storage to a LUN? In order for vmotion to work, I need two physical machines to see the same storage device.
I've put together a conceptual diagram of what I'm thinking might work. Does this make sense? Is it difficult to get iSCSI working? I've read that iSCSI traffic should be seperate from normal TCP traffic which is why I have two conceptual switches in my layout. I realize I could probably get away with one switch using VLAN which is also desirable (so that I can learn that also).
Are there certain NIC hardware I should consider for iSCSI? I was reading that the intel pro 1000 adapters should work for this just fine.