Configure the VMkernel To Support Software iSCSI

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
    .