Configure VXLAN VTEP on Distributed Switch?
Hello everybody I already found this discussion: How to test VXLANBut I am still unsure. I have vSphere 6 environment with a 3-node cluster and a vCenter server (evaluation mode).I would like to...
View ArticlevSwitch proper configuration w/6 NICs
Hey folks, Have recently upgrade two stand alone hosts(4.0 to 5.5.U2) with proper licensing (Standard w/vCenter server). No shared storage (at this time).By default, only one NIC is defined & one...
View ArticleESXi6: One IP to one IP connections over multiple NICs. Higher bandwidth for...
I have 2 ESXi 6 hosts (plan to buy Essentials Plus license) with I350 Dual Gbit Ethernet Adapters, both connected to Mikrotik switch supporting the following teaming protocols:802.3ad balance-rr...
View ArticleMoving to vDS from Nexus1000v
We have Nexus1000v currently running on all hosts, but with new hosts coming in we’re thinking to use vDS. Would that be OK to run vDS in a same vCenter where couple of Nexus VSMs already running?...
View ArticleFortiVM and ESXi
Hello,I am deploying a fortigateVM on an esxi machine. The way the fortiVM is setup is with trunk ports for internal and external ports.This means I need to assign more than one vlan to each of the...
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VXLAN with vShield Manager - Not able to complete preparation
Hello everybody, I have the following lab setup:- 3 ESXi 6.0- 1 vCenter 6.0 on W2008 R2- 1 vShield 5.5.4 (Appliance)All are configured with evaluation license. I would like to configure VXLAN for this...
View ArticleVlan fun with a C3000 moving from Gbe2c switches to 6120s
Hello, First off, I would like to note that I am not a master of netowrking or of VMware, and am for the most part a generalist, so please forgive me for any mistakes or errors. Environment:C30002...
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How to connect uplink ports for redundancy?
I have many sites where I am using HP 5800 series switches in what they call an "IRF stack". These two switches operate together as a single logical switch. I want to split my iSCSI and uplink ports...
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"Remote Mirroring Destination" option
When I choose the "remote mirroring destination" option when creating a port mirroring session, it causes you to select a vlan to mirror. 1. Does this capture EVERY frame that goes into and out of a...
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new to vmware, vsphere and vswitch networking
Hi all, I am new to virtualization but have decided to try out since my company is going full fledged on ESXI5.5. Therefore I hope some kind gurus here can point me in the right direction with regards...
View ArticleWhen will Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X552/X557-AT 10GBASE-T be supported in...
Any ideas, this is explicitely speaking to the Intel Xeon D-1540 platforms that include 10G option? IE: SuperMicro X10SDV-TLN4F Any takers? I'm hearing reports it does not work in vSphere but does in...
View Articlevmotion addressing
Hello all, Should vmotion network be routable? In other words, should i advertise the network in the router? Since it is moving vm between esxi hosts, there is no need for routing. Right? If so, i can...
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One iscsi vmkernel shows "Last Active" after change
We're running 5.5 and we have standard vSwitches with separate multipathed vswitches for management, vmotion and iscsi. We swapped 2 vmnics on one of our hosts today by moving one from vmotion to iscsi...
View ArticleLimitations of ESXi 5.5/vSphere networking question
hey everyone.have hopefully a fairly easy and straightforward question that I need clarification on. Running the free version of ESXi 5.5.I have 5 physical NIC's in my server. My original plan was to...
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IGMP snooping option on vDS
I was looking at the documentation on the new IGMP snooping feature in version 6 of the distributed switch and it says the limits are 256 groups and 10 sources. Does anyone know what happens when you...
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Running vMotion on DATA Network
Currently I have my ESXi hosts installed with 4 10GBit Fiber cards. I use 2 of them for my VM data traffic. And two of them for Vmotion traffic. I want to run my VMotion network over the 2 VM data...
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Distributed switch, vmotion issue
Vcenter 6Issue was present on both esxi 5.5 and esxi 6.0We have come across an interesting issue when attempting to vmotion virtual machines between hosts. We have quite a few port groups each with its...
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failback takes more time, causes more lost packets
We did some nic teaming failover/failback testing on a ESX host and pinged a VM running on this host during these events. We noticed some lost packets, surprisingly the failback lost clearly more...
View ArticleCan you automatically rate limit individual VMs after they reach a quota?...
Is it possible assign a bandwidth quota on a individual VM? Then automatically set a rate limit if the quota is exceeded?
View ArticleDo I need an IP every Esxi Host's NIC ? Does VMs need to access storage...
Hi all, As the question go, I have a single host machine with 3 nic card -> 1 for production network, 1 for management network and 1 for backup network.The guest machine VMs inside will be...
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