Re: What happens if PVlans are on physical switches but not in VSphere hosts??
HiDepends on the use case/scenarios.If you want to restrict communications on some VMs that are in the same VLAN, I don't think you can do it without VDS with PVLAN Let say we have 4 VMs and the...
View ArticleRe: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
HiI had this issue because the IP Hash load balancing configuration is not propagated to the Management PortGroup.Try to follow the procedures described in this KB, it works in my caseVMware KB: NIC...
View ArticleAdding Resource To vSwitch
I am periodically asked to make some mods in our VMWare environment. I am definitely an inexperienced user, but I understand the environment at a basic level. We have two vSwitches - vSwitch0 on a...
View ArticleRe: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
Are you using standard switches or dvSwitches and have you enabled LACP via the web client?
View ArticleRe: Vmotion traffic isolation
snap, what is the question? All you need for the private vlan is that it is not routable and tagged. Best is not to assign a gateway and all should work fine
View ArticleTry to understand traffic flow from VM to the host itself
Hello I'm currently try some stuff in an All-in-one lab environment. I have a one ESXi host with a iSCSI serving VM on it and the ESXi host itself uses this iSCSI storage for VMs. Following...
View ArticleCan we configure LACP for multipal ehternet on ESXi
Hi all,Can we configure LACP for multipal ehternet on ESXi ThanksRaavi
View ArticleSetup an HP 534FLR-SFP+ 10Gb 2 port Ethernet adapter into multiple vmnics...
Does anyone knows how to setup an HP 534FLR-SFP+ 10Gb 2 port Ethernet adapter into multiple vmnics within Vsphere 5.5? We now only have 2 10Gb vmnics available in ESXi 5.5. We need to separate the 2...
View ArticleRe: Try to understand traffic flow from VM to the host itself
I haven't tested this on the VDS, but on the VSS ID you had two port groups that used the same VLAN ID attached to a single virtual standard switch it will switch traffic between the two without...
View ArticleRe: Can we configure LACP for multipal ehternet on ESXi
Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware vCenter™ to VMware vSphere™ vNetwork Yes - with vSphere 5.1 and later and a distributed switch.
View ArticleCan links of different speeds exist on the same VDS
I have a group of hosts each with 2 10G ports and 4 1G ports. We just recently added the infrastructure in place to use the 10G ports and I am debating 2 options for migration: 1) Set up a new VDS...
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Re: Try to understand traffic flow from VM to the host itself
Hi Raynolds Thanks for your quick answer.But are you sure about this?I did some research on the internet and all I found was that everything what is not on the same portgroup will flow over the...
View ArticleRe: Can links of different speeds exist on the same VDS
While it is technically possible to create a single pool of uplinks with mixed port speeds, it's not a great idea. You cannot, however, build a port channel with a mixed port speeds. A pair of 10 GbE...
View ArticleRe: Can we configure LACP for multipal ehternet on ESXi
Here are some resources I've created that might help: http://wahlnetwork.com/2012/10/15/using-lacp-with-a-vsphere-distributed-switch-5-1/...
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Re: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
The KB article you reference is quite old. LACP is configured rather differently in vSphere 5.5. The "IP Hash" thing is from the days of static Etherchannels. First, make sure you have enabled the...
View ArticleRe: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
Hi Chris, Thanks for your input but I'm unable to access the web interface due to using only the free edition of ESXi for this particular installation. Is there a means of accessing this setting via...
View ArticleRe: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
Using LACP requires a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) and Enterprise Plus licensing. The feature is also only available from the vSphere Web Client. If you are using the free edition (and are thus...
View ArticleRe: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
The only GUI where you can make this change is the web but the alternate option is to perform it via the CLI. VMware vSphere 5.1
View ArticleRe: Unable to bond Etherchannel on ESXi 5.5
Just to be clear:While ESXCLI will provide many "list" type of commands for the VDS, it is an ESXi host CLI; as such, it is unable to configure the required settings for LACP on a VDS due to the...
View ArticleRe: Setup an HP 534FLR-SFP+ 10Gb 2 port Ethernet adapter into multiple vmnics...
Carving up one physical interface into multiple separate devices is a feature of the CNA/NIC and not something you configure on the ESXi-side. On an HP bladesystem with Flex-10/Flex-Fabric CNAs you...
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