Considerations NFS vmk ports when moving a HOst from 1 Distributed switch to...
hi everyone, i wonder if you can assist with the following ... I currently have a number of ESX Hosts which are attached to dvswitch0 for Management and NFS connectivity. VM networking has already...
View Article2 single 10 GB uplinks - LACP trouble with management network
Hi - What is VMware recommended setup for a vDS with 2 single 10 GB uplinks?My portgroups are only VM-traffic, vMotion and Management. I notice when enabling LACP I get trouble with the management...
View ArticleRe: Considerations NFS vmk ports when moving a HOst from 1 Distributed switch...
If connectivity will not be lost, i assume when i add the Host to the new dvswitch and migrate my vmk0, the NFS vmk's will appear in the PG's on the new DVS as my portgroups have been confiigured with...
View ArticleRe: 2 single 10 GB uplinks - LACP trouble with management network
Typically it's using the default load balancing policy (route based on originating virtual port ID) or, for those with a distributed switch, load based teaming (route based on physical NIC load aka...
View ArticleRe: 2 single 10 GB uplinks - LACP trouble with management network
Thank you for great answer. Really helpfull. I have another scenario with 4 uplinks (4 single 10 GB NICs). - 2 uplinks are used for NFS/Mgmt/vMotion traffic, and is currently on vDS1. (No LACP enabled...
View ArticleRe: 2 single 10 GB uplinks - LACP trouble with management network
The Guru on VMware Networking has spoken, while he will not plug his own book, I will do it for him : Networking for VMware Administrators It is a good read.
View ArticleNetwork topology recommendations and configurations
Greetings everyone, this is my first post here. I am fairly new to vmWare, but not new to networking and IT as I have been doing this professionally for over 20 years. However, learning new...
View ArticleStandard Switch to DV Switch Migration
Hello VMware heroes, I am planning to convert the virtual networking from standard switch to dv switch in my company's infrastructure as part of ESX 4.1 to 5.5 upgrade. We have around 160 hosts and...
View ArticleRe: 2 single 10 GB uplinks - LACP trouble with management network
2 uplinks are used for VM-traffic, and is currently on vDS1. (LACP enabled on these portgroups) So same vDS, but LACP enabled only on VM-traffic. What would be your recommendation here? Virtual...
View ArticleRe: Standard Switch to DV Switch Migration
During the migration, you can move 1 or 2 uplinks from vSS to vDS... and after migrate all virtual machine from the specific host, move the remaining uplinks to vDS... if the network traffic is really...
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Great, thank you very much for answer.
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Re: multiple vLans, vmotion is not working
This problem is resolved, this chassis has issue with network load balancing issue, So instead the NIC Teaming Default - Route Based on the Originating Virtual Port ID, I have chose to Route Based on...
View ArticleRe: Standard Switch to DV Switch Migration
Thanks for the reply. This is what we are going to do. But still we are worried because, we don't have common green-zone for our VMs. Also we are having our lab servers running all the time (24 x 7)....
View ArticleUnderstanding Port groups in vDS
Hi, I am new to vDS. I am still not clear about Port groups. I understand in standard switches we define, types of Port groups i.e VMkernel or VM network but I am don't understand how port groups are...
View ArticleRe: Understanding Port groups in vDS
Hi, I am new to vDS. I am still not clear about Port groups. I understand in standard switches we define, types of Port groups i.e VMkernel or VM network but I am don't understand how port groups are...
View ArticleVM VLAN networking
Greetings, I had another post that was rather windy and I apologize. I have since done more research and gotten farther along. I am having difficulty understanding how the gateways on the vmkernels...
View ArticleRe: VM VLAN networking
The vMotion VMkernel network must be on the same subnet on source and destination hosts... and iSCSI VMkernel adapters must be on the same subnet as the iSCSI target. Since you will don't need default...
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Thank you for your response Richardson. So if I understand you correctly, are you saying that the vmotion VMkernel and iSCSI VMkernel must be on the same subnet? because right now, I have the vmotion...
View ArticleRe: VM VLAN networking
So if I understand you correctly, are you saying that the vmotion VMkernel and iSCSI VMkernel must be on the same subnet? because right now, I have the vmotion on a different subnet than everything...
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Awesome, thank you! That's what I have it configured now as and it seems to be working.
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