Can i span VM traffic on a external network switch?
HI, We have configured a span port on the physical external switch. We are capturing all network traffic on the network. Can we make the 10 VM's on the ESX host use the external switch to route traffic...
View ArticleNetwork for NFS
Hi,I have infrastructure as follows;2 host each having 6 NIC of 1Gig speed each.One NAS storage having 4 NIC.Two L2 Switches(HP managed). Planning to run it per best recommendations and requirement, so...
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dVS Health check warnings duplicate entries - Not supported
Why are there duplicate entries for the same physical adapter on my dVS health monitor?How do I get rid of these warnings? I've checked all configuration on both the virtual and physical switch side....
View Articleslow download behind a NAT gateway
When client downloads a file from an HTTP server behind the DNAT, Here is the sequence of events that happened 1. The usual TCP connection establishment (SYN, SYN ACK, ACK) proceeds normally; gateway...
View ArticleCan DPM be used over infiniband?
I am wondering if DPM can be used over infinband. I am running ESXi 5.1 behind Oracle Fabric Interconnect 4.1, and all networking is provided using virtual nics from the Oracle director. The issue is...
View ArticleProblem bridging two vmxnet3
Hi all, I'm facing a strange problem with vmxnet3 NIC.I need to bridge two NIC of a VM, each NIC is connected with a differnet vswitch. I have put vswitches in 4095 mode cose i need to propagate a...
View ArticleIssue with Network Connectivity on vsphere 4.1 hosts.
Hi I have a cluster of 2 nodes running esxi 4.1The VM's are unable to communicate with the external network.From my PC we are unable to communicate with the VM's, not able to ping as well.The VM's from...
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Single VLAN between VMWARE Virtual switch and Physical switch ?
My questions from above infrastructure: I want to create a single VLAN with following ports. Port1 of Vswitch from VM-1Port1 of Vswitch from VM-2Port1, Port2, Port3 of physical switch is it possible ?
View ArticleVDS Nic Teaming monitoring / manual Failback
Hello Folks,I got a little question regarding Nic Teaming settings on a vDS and Failover/Failback monitoring: I've configured 3 ESXi 5.5 hosts to an enterprise+ cluster using dVS as switchtype.Each...
View ArticleStrange problem with some hosts and VMs
Hi All, Let me explain the topology to let you guys better understand: 2 switches with ip routing enable2 switches without ip routing enable inside a blade chassis6 ESXi 5.5 hosts50 VMs On all hosts...
View ArticleChanging Management IP/Gateway for the ESXi host
Hello, I have a ESXi host with management and VMnetwork running on the same network. I want to change the management IP/gateway to a different network. I did see some articles saying that I can do that...
View ArticleProper way to network HP StoreVirtual VSAs??
I've read what I can find about installing the HP StoreVirtual VSA and nothing comes up which helps me understand how I should network them in a vSwitch so they are available to host VMs, I know their...
View ArticleWhat's the Best Practice as far as spanning your VDS switches across your...
What's the Best Practice as far as spanning your VDS switches across your entire environment? Also what are the risks in doing so? Is there any documentation out there from people that have experience...
View ArticleVlan Trunking on vSS
HI, I need to trunk vlans on vSS.Say there are three vlans 10,20 and 30.I am able to create trunk on uplink Physical switch,but not able to find out if how this has to be done on vSS. Regards,Sushil
View ArticleNew hosts not connecting VMs to the external network
Our environment consists of mostly IBM blades in an H chassis, however recently we have tried to introduce two test hosts into the environment which are HP DL 380's. The problem we're running into is...
View Articleingress traffic shaping - reliant on TCP windowing?
One of the sales bullets for vDSes is that they offer ingress traffic shaping. I started thinking about what that really means, and came to the tentative conclusion that ingress shaping only pays off...
View ArticlevDS configuration
Hi all, As I'm totally new with VDS, I would like to know if there's a minimum pNIC per host required for this setup?As an example, If my hosts have only 2 NICs, do I need to push the 2 NICS as uplink...
View ArticleP2V physical DMZ web server to Esxi 5.5- how to.
I currently have only one DMZ server, a physical 2008 web server. We want to convert to a virtual machine on an Esxi 5.5 host. What are the steps to make this happen? I can't ping the Esxi host from...
View ArticleVirtual Machine in DMZ
Hello, We have 8 ESXi 5.0 hosts in our internal network, NICs connected to 2 core internal switches. Can I do below;1) Create a new Virtual switch "vSwitchDMZ" on one of the host, with "DMZ_VLANid"2)...
View ArticleBroadcast Traffic and Virtual Machine Subnet Size
I am in a large enviornment with 3000+ Vms which is expanding. I need to determine what subnet size to use for future vlans that are created. I can use /24 with 254 IPs, /23, /22, etc.The more VMs I...
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