Hello everyone,
i'm new at Vmware and i got some question.
Got my ESXi set with 2 networks card.
I'm a network guy i would like to use Vmware vsphere to try some lab topologies with devices like Loadbalancers or WAN optimalizers.
Let me show you a diagram of what im trying to accomplish:
- VMs (.1 .2 .3) working as end servers (file, http or whatever) are already set.
- I know how to setup VM to work as simple router.
- VM working as loadbalancer/WAN optimalizer - that is also not a problem
But my mian question is:
In virtual enviroment all these devices are connected to vswitch (server, loadbalancer, router) in kind of hub and spoke topology.
If my servers got default gateway set to router local IP address(172.16.1.254) they will just bypass VM working as Loadbalancer. (switch will just redirect them to router)
In physical network this is solved by placing loadbalancer/WAN optimalizer between switch and router. In that case - servers to reach router need to go through it. (there is no other way)
How i can accomplish that in vsphere?
- I know that i can set DG of my server to Loadbalancer .100 but this is not how it suppose to be work, loadbalncer shouldnt re-route traffic.
Thank you very muych for any suggestions