Hi,
Am currently revising how best to assign network traffic for Management/vMotion/vSAN/VM Traffic when having 6x NIC scenario with same 10GB/s uplink speed
By default the ESXi Management gets connected to a standard vSwitch, is it best practice to leave it like this with a load balancing of Route based on originating virtual port and both network cards as Active?
For vMotion I have been using the vSAN dvSwitch (1 Active and 1 Standby uplink with Route based on originating virtual port) and specifying the other uplink as the primary with NIOC preferring the vSAN traffic in case of NIC failure. Potentially if the ESXi Management uses a dvSwitch I could place vMotion on their uplinks instead while using the same concept of setting the other uplink as primary and NIOC.
As with regards to VM traffic, is it best practice to set LACP active on Physical Switch side and a LAG on vCenter or to not set LACP on physical Switch side and use Route based on physical NIC load? Does this change which Load balance to use as default is Route based on originating virtual port?
Thanks