Verifying CoS markings within VMware
Hey All, I posted an earlier question around applying CoS markings using NetIOC or at the distributed port group layer. I assume that NetIOC can only mark CoS values and not DSCP values? Will assume...
View ArticleHost on vDS loses packets, work ok on vSS.
Hi, I've set up vDS on my vCenter and now I want to add host to it. So i did it moving vmnic from vSS to vDS and vmk with management network to equivalent portgroup on vDS. After that ping to host...
View ArticleRemoving a crashed ESXi host from vCenter with a Distributed Switch
I have an ESXi 5.1 host that has crashed with no recovery. It was part of a Distributed Switch which now shows "Not Responding" in the Distributed Switch Hosts tab in vCenter. Do I remove this host...
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configure network esxi 4 and esxi 5.5 to be the same
Hi, We have a customer with the following network configuration (see image). They are running ESXi and vCenter 4.0.We have added a seperate new system with ESXi and vCenter 5.5 and want to configure...
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ESXi5.5 DVS Status Wraining "set host status property for a lag"
I am using Enterprise Plus with two host with the newest patch. I created a DVS in two host. But I cannot make the LAG come up at both host. On host must at training status. I am sure my phy switch...
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Mirror quality in VDS with ESX 5.1 (Entreprise+)
Hi everybody, I'm asking some questions about the quality and transparency of mirroring in VDS. To begin, the goal of this mirror is to make some performance measurement of the network and...
View Articleinstall VM on ESXi
I have a PC without a OS,on which I installed Esxi 5.5 by boot from CD drive....Please tell me how to install VM on this Esxi machine? On this ESXi PC,Can I install an VSphere ???Thank you.
View ArticleDVSsync service/port in esx 5.5 vs 5.1?
I have noticed that in my clusters that ESXi 5.5 hosts have their DVSsync port enabled, while the ESXi 5.1 hosts do not. And both flavors of ESX share the same distributed switch--which is version 5.1....
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Not stacking cisco switches problem with trunking
Hi, ESXi 5.5,vCenter 5.5, 3 hosts, new environmentWe have 2 physical cisco switches that are not stacked. They have configured the ports as trunks.We have 3 ESXi hosts with 4 nic each. We have...
View ArticleGetting vm port to physical network adapter mapping in cisco nexus 1000 dvs
Hello,Environment Details: 1. We have ESXi Hosted on Cisco UCS Hardware, with Nexus 1000 DVS for VM Production network.2. We have NIC pinning at the level of UCS Service Profile.3. We have 2 Uplinks...
View ArticleRoute based on physical NIC load and LAG on Physical Switch side?
I'm in an environment where I would like to change the Load Balancing from 'Route based on originating virtual port' to "Route based on physical NIC load' on the current vDS. I asked the networking...
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Enable traffic filtering and marking
Hi, I have a problem for enable traffic filtering and marking on some port group. I can choose enable but the green add arrow stay grey (cf pics)It is a bug ? ThanksRegards,
View ArticleODD Network Config Issue DHCP and Static numbers
Good Afternoon all, I have an issue where some servers, upon reboot, are getting a 169 IP address even though they are set to a static number. It happens to the vcenter server just about every time....
View ArticlePort groups
Hi Is the port group a VM connected to is visible to the physical switches? Thanks,Erez
View ArticleUnable to LACP bond on Dell PowerConnect 8132
I have two Dell PowerConnect 8132 (8000 series) in a stacked configuration. My ESXi 5.5 server has a 10 GbE connection to each. The two ports are configured as a LAG on the switch stack in trunk...
View Articlevmware esxi and iscsi connection using external switch
Hi all, I am facing problem in setting up iscsi storage with VMware esxi 5.5. there is iscsi port on storage. if I am connecting directly to esxi server. there is link coming but if I connect to...
View ArticleAnyone using Emulex OCe10102 with ESXi 5.5?
So these older 10Gbit adapters will not work with the Aysnc ELXNET driver. Apparently only the legacy BE2NET works. I have some OCe11xxx as well and those work fine. However what is odd is the the...
View ArticleNet.DVFilterBindIpAddress assignment need a reboot?
Hi All, Does a host reboot is required for Net.DVFilterBindIpAddress assignment. Thank you,vamsi.
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how network traffic is routed in vNetwork
Hello everybody,I have a network topology (below). VM has two vNIC (VMNETWORK, NET LISTENER) belong to 10.151.18.x network. When i console in virtual machine, i can not ping to ip of it's vNIC but can...
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hosts ip's and dvswitch
hi everyone. i need to change ip adresses on hosts in claster with dvswitch.the only way i have discovered is the disconnect-connect procedure. in that case vswitch on vcenter losing all information...
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