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Question on vSwitches and physical upstream switch failure
Hello, I would like a question in relation to the behavior that I would experience in this situation: I have two NICs in the following configuration using the default load balancing scenario “Route...
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The scenario you're describing verbally is different from the scenario which is depicted in your screenshot. In the screenshot, you have two uplinks in an active state. Let’s say that the Vmnic 6 is...
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Thanks a lot Daphnissov for the quick reply and clarification.Fabio
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Re: cisco 4500 vss and vmw
Your vDS LACP mode is passiveBut your switch is LACP mode Activechannel-protocol lacpchannel-group 5 mode active Try to match those settings first e.g. changing the vDS LACP to active
View ArticlevSwitch setup for performance
Currently I have two esxi hosts. Each has two nics connected to a vswitch for all of our VMs. The VMs are spread across five VLANs that are tagged on the port groups and the two physical nics are trunk...
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I don't think so. The VM's are assigned to the 2 uplinks in a round-robin manner once powered on. Note that with separating the network into two vSwitches with one uplink each, you will even loose...
View ArticleNeed clarification of LBT options for dvSwitch
Hi, I am tasked with creating a new 6.5 cluster, and it will utilize a dvSwitch.I am trying, with not much success, to determine which load based teaming option will best meet our needs:Route based on...
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Hi Ken,Let say this is your ports and vmnic numberingPort Type and Port#vmnic#Physical SwitchCopper Port#1vmnic0Enterasys 7100Copper Port#2vmnic1Enterasys 7100Fibre Port#1vmnic2Extreme 670Fibre...
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Thanks for the reply Bayu. We want to avoid using LACP on the switch stacks, which is why I am evaluating the load based teaming options. Yes, it does seem to make sense to create 2 different...
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Yep, I agree with all of your statements.I can see that you will have vSAN, NFS, etc Some blog posts/links that may be useful for you:Example Architectural Decision – Virtual Switch Load Balancing...
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vSAN will not be implemented at this point, but we want to have the network defined and available for when we get to that point. Right now, all our VMs are on NFS.
View ArticleVLAN list
Hi Is there a way to list out all the VLAN's that the physical networkcard on ESXi can see from the switch?esxcfg-vswitch -l only show defined VLAN's on the system. I know HPE Oneview has presented all...
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Bayu, These will be the network loads for each set of vmnics:Port Type and Port #vmnic#Physical switchNetworksCopper Port#1vmnic2Enterasys 7100vMotion, Fault Tolerance, vSAN and NFS storageCopper...
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Love that blog post series by chriswahlFor VMkernel PortGroups I normally use active/standby for things like ESXi Management VMkernel & vMotion VMkernel as these type of VMkernels based on my...
View ArticleMixed 10Gb and 1Gb devices
hello, in my lab I've 3 ESXi 6.5U1 and a VCSA 6.5U1 with vsan enabled. Each host have 4 1gb NICs and 2 10gb NICs.Currently I have:1 (per host) 1gb NIC connected to a gigabit switch for management1 (per...
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The more I read about LBT, Route Based on Physical NIC Load, from what I understand, if the physical NIC load exceeds 75% utilization, it is the VM load that is taken into account for balancing. I am...
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Yep I have same understanding as yours.As you may aware, Chris Wahl has a blog post on NFS with LBT NFS on vSphere Part 4 – Technical Deep Dive on Load Based Teaming - Wahl NetworkAs he covered in his...
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Port-channel witch vlans between ESXi 5.5 and ASA5506-X
Hello everyone!I just purchased Cisco ASA 5506-X K9. I have two VMware ESXi 5.5 U3 (build 3568722) hosts.Now I need to connect each host to my Cisco ASA 5506. I want to configure vlan trunk with two...
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Thanks for taking the time to respond to all my questions bayupw, I appreciate it.
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