Last weekend I downloaded the OpenFiler v.2.3 iso to configure the Central Storage solution in my homelab. After installing the software in a new VM I figured out how to configure iSCSI targets and present them to my ESX servers…

I’m running both VMware ESX 4.0 and ESXi 4.0 in my lab and both provide iSCSI functionality by default to connect through to an iSCSI target.

After I installed OpenFiler in a VM I connected to https://ip:446, you can manage your service account with the created root account and you can manage the OpenFiler with the following credentials Username: Openfiler Password: password

My configuration staps…

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Configure OpenFiler:

Create a new volume group:

1. Physical Volume – Assigning space on a physical disk for use in a Volume Group.

2. Volume Group – Contains Physical Volumes from which a Logical Volume will be created.

3. Logical Volume (LUN) – This is what is presented through to a server

- Select volume and give a volume group name (in my case VMpros)

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Change the ip address from the ESX 4.0 server it’s possible but not without danger. Make sure you’ve got ILO configured or can access directly to the server console.

Follow the next steps to change the ip address from mij vSphere hosts:

1. Put your ESX host in Maintenance Mode and disconect it from Virtual Center.

2. Give the following command:

esxcfg-vswif -a vswif0 -p Service\ Console -i 172.16.254.203 -n 255.255.255.0 -b 172.16.254.253

-i is the new IP adresse
-n is your new subnet
-b is your broadcast

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