Hi everyone,
Please consider the following example:
Below ESXI is using ISCSI adapter mapped to VMK1 and VMk2 for Multi path.
ESXI VMK1 10.1.1.1. VSW0-VMNIC1----------10.1.1.111 ISCSI TARGET-LUN0
VMK2 10.1.1.1.2 VSW1-VMNIC2-------|
1) Let say ESXI has to perform write operation for 2000K bytes on LUN0. Will ESXI send some data for this write operation on one path say VMK1 ( 10.1.1.1--10.1.1.111) and send some data over
VM2 ( 10.1.1.2--10.1.1.111) ? or only one path is used actively while the other path is for redundancy purpose only?
2) How does ESXI keep track if the path to target is available? Does it use some Keep alive to detect path failure and move the traffic to other available path?
Thanks and have a nice weekend!!