> Hello:
>
> I am exploring directly accessing an iSCSI LUN from a virtual machine. It
> appears to work. Is this by design? My host system has three NICs: one for
> management, one for virtual machine access to the production LAN, and one
> for the iSCSI network. I have added a second virtual NIC to the VM and
> associated it directly with the physical NIC connected to the iSCSI
> network with its own IP. The iSCSI initiator in the VM finds the LUN and
> let's me format it. A few questions:
>
> - Is this how one is "supposed" to set this up?
> - Am I going to see performance benefits over provisioning a VHD that sit
> on the iSCSI LUN (the volume needs to be around 1TB)
> - The virtual NIC does not appear to support jumbo frames; all of my other
> devices on the iSCSI LAN use jumbos. Any way to do this?
> - If this does not work (e.g., shows poor performance), can I convert the
> iSCSI LUN into a VHD?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>