Going from ESX4 to ESXi 5.1.
We have 2 vswitches.
1. vswitch0 is connected via 4 physical NIC's to 1 physical switch. vswitch0 has a VM port group, a service console and a vmkernel port for vMotion.
2. vswitch1 is connected via 3 physical NIC's to 1 physical switch that is used only for iSCSI traffic. vswitch1 has a vmkernal port for iSCSI traffic.
vmotion and iSCSI are each on a different subnet than the service console. The vmkernel gateway is the IP of the physical switch used for iSCSI connections so both vmotion and iSCSI vkernel ports are using the correct gateway.
So:
Seeing as how ESXi does away with the service console and instead uses the vmkernel port for management; this means I will not be able to specify a different gateway for my vMotion or iSCSI traffic which is currently the IP of the iSCSI switch.
Question:
How can I set the proper gateway for the vmotion and iSCSI Ports? Do I even need to worry about setting the gateway for vmotion and iSCSI? I believe with iSCSI the gateway is not needed and will simply not be used, but what about for vmotion?