Re: vSphere and iSCSI QNAP connections error
Chris, thanks for the video.My Host A is correctly configured and find the iSCSI target and lun.The problem is host B, which with the same configurations, mount the LUN, but excludes them from host A...
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Network speed wrong
Hi all,I've two ESX, HOST A - HOST B, whit gigabit network card on gigabit infrastructure.The network cards of both hosts are recognized in gigabit, but the speed of data transfer on HOST B is...
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Hello,maybe you should check the physical switch interfaces connected to host B. I would check if any errors and how much traffic is traversing this interfaces. Best regards,Pablo
View ArticleRe: Major issues with HP DL580 G5 and Intel X520-DA2
Are these cards related to the QLogic QLE3242 dual port 10GbE adapter? We were having trouble maintaining new NFS storage connectivity across these adapters in ESXi5 U3, 1489271. So far the fix (I...
View ArticleUsing vMotion with vDS
I am attempting to setup a vDS; first time doing so. I normally just use vSS but I have the opportunity to "play" with vDS with a new cluster I am building. One concern that i have and have not been...
View ArticlePing lost Management IP - Driver for Emulex
hi guys I have a vDS using 4 vmnics as you can see below vmnic2 0000:16:00.04 elxnet Up 1000Mbps Full 34:40:b5:e3:c8:fa 1500 Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3)vmnic3...
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I run a single VDS. You have options on how to deal with your vMotion traffic. You could run multiple, which might make it easier on gig. With GIG uplinks I create a port group for vMotion, then I...
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thanks for the reply. So, right now I have the dedicated vMotion nic adapaters (one nic per host) connected to a dedicated "vMotion" VLAN on our core network. That VLAN will remain. Am I okay with just...
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Yes that should work. Here is a blog post I did on multi-NIC vMotion, but it outlines the same process you need as far as manipulating the failover of the port group....
View ArticleRe: Ping lost Management IP - Driver for Emulex
There is no Subsystem listed with those PCI IDs in the open database. Going by the Subvendor ID this seems like a card from Emulex directly (not a HP or other vendor branded one as...
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Configure an interconnected (SQL data-) network between two hosts
Hello, I have a dual-host environment which will run three web-servers and one SQL-server and I want a dedicated virtual network for the SQL traffic (meaning the virtual machines will have two network...
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Thanks. Let me ask you this, if you know, what happens to all of the connectivity when using a dvSwitch if I lose the vCenter server? I have to assume, just like a standard VSS that normal networking...
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Right, normal network connectivity will continue with vCenter down. If you are using the default static port binding you can reboot your existing VMs as well while vCenter is down. You just won't be...
View Articleopenssl version in Cisco nexus 1000V
Hello, I am running VMware 1000V switch in vCenter 5.1 with latest release of 1000v. the current version installed is 4.2(1).SV2(2.1a). Does anyone know what version of openssl is installed? is there...
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vMotion not working when in same switch as Management
Ok, I am reconfiguring my networking across my 3 hosts. I did have vMotion (using VLAN50) in a dedicated vSwitch using uplink vmnic0. vMotion between hosts worked fine. It looked like this... I want...
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Hi, can you please check the vSwitch4 settings? Both NICs should be active. The active/standy settings then should be overwritten at the vmkernel ports. Regards
View ArticleRe: Ping lost Management IP - Driver for Emulex
thanks a lot MKguy I forgot to mention these are IBM Servers HS23 I will check on those links
View ArticleRe: vMotion not working when in same switch as Management
What's your upstream port configuration look like? Pair of switches that are cross connected with same VLANs? Based on the vSwitch config you would need an 802.1q trunk with the management VLAN...
View ArticleRe: vMotion not working when in same switch as Management
Hi Tim, Thanks for the speedy reply. I already have the switch set as both vmnics active. Within each port group I have the active/standby setup. For example vSwitch4, > Properties vSwitch > Edit...
View ArticleRe: vMotion not working when in same switch as Management
Hi HeathReynolds, Yes, pair of switches, with same VLANsBased on the vSwitch config you would need an 802.1q trunk with the management VLAN configured as the native VLAN on the trunk, and VLAN 50 as an...
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