Before you can set up iSCSI on a system, you must create a dedicated VMkernel network interface. See. You can then enable the VMkernel to support iSCSI and configure the initiator.

To enable the VMkernel to support software iSCSI, use the following steps.

1

Obtain a managed object reference to the host system’s HostStorageSystem.

2

Invoke the UpdateSoftwareInternetScsiEnabled method, passing the reference to the HostStorageSystem and the value true.