Re: VMware HA network setup?
Hi, moderation note: Discussion successfully moved from VCP: VMware Certified Professional to VMware vSphere™ vNetwork How do you connect to your storage? Do you use IP storage, like iSCSI or NFS? This...
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hi, Great. got it. we don't have iSCSI storage. it will be Direct connected SAS storage. after one month time we will be adding 4 more ports to both hosts. around 30 VMs will be on these hosts. as...
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Hi, I would like to ask what is the best best practice and pros/cons of configuring the vmware management on the standard Vs the dsitributed vswitch? Also, assuming a vDS is used and vCenter is...
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Check these two another threads: Re: Hybrid (standard switches and vDS) versus all port groups on vDS?Using vDS for vCenter Server and management traffic
View ArticleESXi 5.5 Network VLANS with limited NICs setup ?
I am working with Simplivity Omicube which is an all-in-one solution. Typically, I run mgt on one VLAN, SAN (Data Access) on another, VMotion, etc. However, this box has only two 1 Gig Ports. A new...
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You can have all three vlans trunked on both links, created a portgroup for each vlan and set the vlan on the portgroup. Communication between the vlans will be handled a router or the switch itself...
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I need a help in of the configuration here in my client place. They had 2host cluster and 3 vLans on one vmkernel port group, where Guests are configured to use the specific vlans (for ex:...
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thanks I am not sure how the storage is presented in the OmniCube. It is a new product we are working with and runs an appliance to manage the storage.We have another engineer who has worked with the...
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Re: ESXi 5.5 Network VLANS with limited NICs setup ?
Yes, if both uplinks are 802.1Q trunk, you just need to tag the portgroups and vmkernel interface with the appropriate vlan. The alternative is to ask the network guy to set the management network...
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You have not attached any screenshots, please upload the screenshots. Also, just to clarify, vmotion will not change the network settings of the VM when it moves between hosts. vMotion will move a VM...
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Re: multiple vLans, vmotion is not working
Thanks for the response, I have attached the screen shots of both the hosts. data network has 3 Vlans and when I vmotion the guest from host1 to host2, it goes un pingable
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Ok, the network admin currently does not have the 802.1Q trunk,set,,he has the esxi on a separate VLAN. If I set the portgroup on vswitch0 for ESXi (management) to VLAN 210, won't I lose connection to...
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I think this could issue could be related to the physical switch port's settings (e.g. port security, spanning-tree, ...). How are the physical ports configured? In case of Cisco switches, please post...
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Re: ESXi 5.5 Network VLANS with limited NICs setup ?
below is what i have so far,,,the admin has not made any changes at this point.. i did not add or modify the mgt network to VLAN 210 yet,,,I am thinking the network admin needs to set the 802.1q trunk...
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That is correct, it is easier to ask for the management vlan to be your native vlan on the trunk, and then all your other vlan will be tagged as per your picture.
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>>> ... it is easier to ask for the management vlan to be your native vlan on the trunk ...That may be an easy task from a configuration perspective, but I would not recommend to do this....
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So, I set the Management PortGroup VLAN to VLAN 210 and did not lose connection to the ESXi Server. I am not sure what the Admin set on the switch,,he set a VLAN so I could connect the vSphere client...
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You will loose connection to the host, at least temporarily until the network admin reconfigured the port to 802.1Q.The most straight forward and secure way with the two vmnics as shown in your...
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Ok, So I set the VM Network port group in the above screen to the VLAN 210 and did not lose connection to the ESXi Server.Not sure why,, The VMs did lose connection to the internet and each other which...
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>>> So I set the VM Network port group in the above screen to the VLAN 210 and did not lose connection to the ESXi Server.You are connected to the host through the Management Network. Changing...
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