Uninstall Power Path VE on ESXi5, does not remove the powerpath VE plugin.

1. Use the following to verify the powerpath/VE plugin in ESXi
#esxcli software vib list | grep EMC





Before Uninstall power path VE you need to remove the claim rule of powerpath in ESXI5.

2. Use the below command to list the claimrule.
#esxcli storage core claimrule list
below will be the output of this query.













3. Remove the claim rule assigned for powerpath pulgin with the below command.

#esxcli storage core claimrule remove --rule 250 (starting from 250 to 350 as per above, you have to remove whatever is assigned by powerpath).

4. Once after removing the claimrule, run the following to take effect.
#esxcli storage core claimrule load

5. Verify if all the claimrule associated with powerpath is removed using the following command.

# esxcli storage core claimrule list
you will see the below output.







6. Now we can remove the powerpath plugin successfully using the following.
#esxcli software vib remove -n powerpath.cim.esx -n powerpath.lib.esx -n powerpath.plugin.esx

Reboot the server.

VMware kB reference: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2016721

Configuring software ISCSI on VMware vSphere 5.X (ESXi 5.X).

Step by step Configuring software ISCSI on VMware vSphere 5.X (ESXi 5.X) tutorial.

Connect to vCenter and click on ESXi host and go to configuration and networking.
Create vSwitch with VM Kernel port group and Map to a available VMNIC as shown in the below screen shot.









Go to storage adapter and click on Add, Select Add Software iscsi adapter and click ok.









Click on the properties tab and go to Network configuration tab,
Click on Add and Add the Switch that we have configured for ISCSI, as below.






Now click on the ISCSI software adapter in the configuration tab and go to properties.









Now click on the Dynamic Discovery tab, in the iSCSI Initiator Properties.
Click on Add and provide the details of iSCSI server and click ok, as below.



















We are done with the software iSCSI configuration for the ESXI 5.X host.

For testing the configured iSCSI setting, present a LUN from the array and go to configuration and click on storage view.
Click on add storage and select Disk/Lun type and click next you will see the LUN detected as below.









So now your successfully configure Software iSCSI for the ESXi host.