Re: VLAN ID Trunk
Yes, just make sure you trunk all the right VLANs to that NIC, and that you have the correct config on the physical switch and on your VMs (like the right GW for the different subnets, etc).
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thank you for your help,i can ping the physique network from both Vlan's, however from the Physique network i can't ping the Vlan's,what i am doing wrong? i can ping 192.168.2.106 from Vlan 4 and 5i...
View ArticleTagging design question
I have got 2 ESX servers to setup with 4 port NICs each - so I would like to know the best way to load network traffic based on management, storage and VM network. Should I team 2 NICs for iscsi...
View ArticleRe: Best design for using 8 physical NICs on an ESXi 5.1 host
If the portgroups for Management, vMotion and VM Networking never use uplinks 7 and 8 then you might as well create a separate vDS dedicated for NFS. That would be cleaner, easier to understand and...
View ArticleMTU and VLAN Health checks. Major Issues?
Hi AllI am being told that my hosts are pumping out giant broadcast frames on my network that could cause significant packet storms to occur?This only seems to happen if there is a problem with a VLAN...
View ArticleNew To Distributed Switch Clarification required.
Hi All I need some clarification. Just created a distributed switch, in my lab, which was created without any issues. I have 2 hosts in my lab Host A and Host B. There were no vmkernel ports to...
View ArticleRe: New To Distributed Switch Clarification required.
What's common on dvSwitches are the port groups. The Virtual Adapters for you create in these port groups (Management, vMotion, ...) are individual for each host. Each of these Virtual Adapters has an...
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Thanks Andre for the clarification, much appreciated and its clear now. Port Group Comon Kernel Groups (virtual adapters) must be configured individually on each server. Not to get cracking. Thanks...
View ArticleRe: Tagging design question
The first question to answer before a design would be what license are you using? Standard, Enterprise or Enterprise Plus? If Enterprise Plus do you plan on using vDS (vSphere Distributed Switches) or...
View ArticleRe: Port mirroring available with vswitch or only dvswitch?
If you want to see a way on how to accomplish this using vDS (vSphere Distributed Switch) have a look at the link below. The scenario provided is using a Cisco switch but the same logic should follow....
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Re: Tagging design question
Basically what you could do is create the following. The VLAN(s) of course will be whatever you have associated to the corresponding traffic type. And your VMNet's will be however many different...
View ArticleDistributed switch, failover order
Hi,I have two different hosts type in one cluster. I am creating vDS for this cluster and I am going to take two network card (from each host) to this vDS.The point is that one type of hosts have one...
View ArticleMigration of production environment from Standard Switch to Distributed...
Hi all,I wish that this guide is useful to you...Waiting for your comments...Migrating vSphere hosts from vSS to vDS (Walking Hosts over in production environment):1) Create vDS with all its port...
View ArticleVirtual Machines unreachable after Esxi 5 is boot up
Hi All, i am having a problem with the virtual machines on our esxi 5 being unreachable by ping or any other form of network access.but i can access esxi 5 using ssh/vsphere client and can ping the...
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Welcome to the Community, some details about the network setup would be helpful. Not just about the virtual configuration, but - maybe even more important - also the one for the ports on the physical...
View ArticleRe: Virtual Machines unreachable after Esxi 5 is boot up
hi Andre, i am using hp procurve 2610 FYI, i am using port 17 for the first esxi (which is working) and port 13 for second esxi (which is not working).i have already physically swapped the cable for...
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network driving me nuts, can't get onto it... 2008 r2 help plz
Hey guys, this is driving me insane. I am trying to get a machine onto a host windows 2008 r2. I have set it up from the start and it just won't see the network. I tried to give it a static and it...
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