Prevent VMs from seeing a port group on a vSphere Distributed Switch
I have multiple port groups on a distributed switch for different kinds of production traffic. The distributed switch is attached to an ESXi 5.1 host. I don't want an administrator to be able to...
View Articleupgrading dvS to 5.1
I got some esxi 5.0 host that is on a 5.0 dvs switch. On the physical switch side, I am running enhanced vpc on nexus 5548 and all the esxi ports are connected to the fexes. Is it ok to just upgrade...
View Articlehost loses connectivity after adding to dvswitch
i have a esxi 5.1 host that whenever i try adding the management interface to the dvswitch, it loses connectivity. on the physical switch side, i have a port channel configuration with lacp enabled....
View ArticleForce MTU for VMs vNic from Esxi
Hi AllMight be a stupid question but is there any way that we can force the MTU value of 9000 to be used for VMs from the ESXi layer, rather than setting up in the guest os level. I would like to check...
View ArticleESX to access The vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)
Hello! I understand that VDS essentially a virtual network layer that provider inner communication between the VMs, however I was curious whether ESX has access to that info?Specifically, if I have a...
View ArticleUsing Host Profiles to add hosts to Distributed Switches
I'm attempting to use host profiles to add hosts to vSphere Distributed Switches. The process is failing and the process is actually reconfiguring the management network settings on my host to that...
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change VMkernel-port to an other vSwitch
Hiis there a easy way to change the VMkernel-port to an other vSwitch without downtime/ connection lost on the management?i want to get the "management_altes-Netz" on the vSwitch1.Scenario:Thank you...
View ArticleNetwork IO Control share calculation confusion
Hi everyone. In the Resource Allocation tab for a DvS there are the built-in system network resource pools and then there are custom ones. I'm a bit confused on the calculation of how bandwidth is...
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How VMware sees Physical Adapters
Hello, I'm trying to reinforce my understanding of vSS and vDS for VCAP study and I'm after some clarification. When we're talking about Physical Adapters in VMware and when I see them in the GUI, am I...
View ArticleSeparate dvSwitches for traffic types or use NetworkIO Control with port groups?
If you look at traditional networking documents they recommend separating traffic types into separate physical switches. If that's not possible then using a larger core switch with multiple VLANs can...
View ArticlePVLAN configuration with Arista Switch
Hi all,I want to configure a vDS for private VLAN.My config, HP blades using FlexFabric (Tunnel Mode)Arista switches 7400 seriesVMWare vsphere 5.0 Update 2 These are the steps i did on the vDS.1....
View ArticleCreated a dVSwitch added a host and VM and have no internet connection now
I created a dvSwitch added one of my hosts to it and added one of my VM's on that host to it. Now the VM doesn't have an internet connection. The other VM's on the host do not either. Any suggestions?...
View ArticlePort mirroring available with vswitch or only dvswitch?
I am port mirroring on a Juniper switch and are connecting the analyzer port from switch to a nic that is connected to a separate vswitch and setting promiscuous mode on it. I then connect this to a...
View ArticleWorkaround for Cisco Nexus 1000v for vEthernet Interface limit
Hi All Actually we have a cisco nexus 1000v Release 4.2(1)SV1(5.1) with VMware ESXi 4.1 and we are reaching the max number for vnics or vEthernet Interface for this version. Do you know if...
View ArticleNexus 1000v - to use or not to use?
Hi, I'm at a client's site and they are considering using the 1000v for their DVS's - I'm just concerned about the supportability once we hand this over to the vmware support guys. My question really...
View ArticleVLAN ID Trunk
Dear All,i have ESXI5.1 with 1 NIC, however i want to create two VLAN's 20 and 10, and want them to be seperated for test purposes,i've created a Vlan Trunk 4095 and vSwitch for Vlans 10 and 20,the...
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 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 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...
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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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