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VDS - VM networking working only at part of ESXIs
Hi Guys ,I'm having strange issue in my 5.5 Env. We have VDS that runs on all of the hosts in the cluster [20 hosts] .The VMs that are on some vlan [called "dv1800"] , working only on 3 hosts, and when...
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Networking setup question
I'm replacing one of our 5.5 hosts with new hardware and want to make sure I get the networking right. We have the vcenter appliance and an HA cluster with shared storage on an EQ san and dual private...
View ArticleVLANs and performance testing
We are using vSphere with servers and clients on the host, and we need to do application performance testing using them. If I create a VLAN used only for my server and client (with no external net...
View ArticleHow can I see the mac address table of a vSwitch
I am having some ARP collisions on my network and have determined that the offending mac address belongs to VMWare. I have already looked at the mac address tables of my physical switches but can't...
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 ArticleNIOC Share values within a port group
I have two groups of virtual machines that are both within the same port group. How can I assign higher nioc share values to group a of Vms than to group B of vms if both groups of vms use the same...
View ArticleLoad ballance between HP swiches
I am having a couple of setups with ESX6i attached to HP switches (procurves and Comware) I am having some issues with setting up load balancing on the ESXi. Except for vMotion (which I have been...
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How to setting up vmware vSphere network on a data-center (with only one or...
Dear community user, I'm wondering how to setting up vmware vSphere network on a data-center with only one or two IP public address?My goal is to perform on a dedicated server an installation of vmware...
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network design 2x10Gb 4x1Gb standard switches
hi everyone,looking for input on my network design for a vsphere 6 cluster i'm about to deploy. Three hosts, iscsi storage, vshpere essentials plus license.Each host has 4x1Gb nics and 2x10Gb nics. Due...
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Create LACP for vSphere hosts
I want to migrate from just multiple active NIC's assigned to my vSphere Port Groups to utilize LACP in both vCenter as well as my 3750G switch. I've run into a bit of a snag getting the switch to work...
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vSwitch DMZ Solution assistance
We need to move the VIPMAIL server to DMZ zone which first requires creating a virtual vlan (to separate MAIL server) in a form of additional vSwitch or Virtual Machine Port Group.In exhibit B, we...
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link aggreagation on standard vswitch
does vmware supports NICS that are configured with link aggregation in the switch and be connected to standard switch?or it is advisable to use the distributed switch?
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notify switches?
Hello there.I`ve faced unfamiliar situation.I got scheme like on the screenshot.Actually each host has 6 nics, not 2, but I think this scheme is ok for example.These switches are embedded HPc7000...
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DHCP snooping von vDS
Hello, is a DHCP snooping feature available on the vDS like on Cisco 1000V or physical Cisco hardware?I can't find any option for that in the configuration. Neither any documentation or KB articles....
View Articlevmotion
I wonder if somebody can helpOver the weekend we did a change whereby we moved some vmnics from a dvuplink to a lag so that we can start using lacp. Unfortuanately the implementer did not realize that...
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vDS and PVLAN - still requirement to trunk primary and isolated/community...
Dear forum members - Is VMware KB: Private VLAN (PVLAN) on vNetwork Distributed Switch - Concept Overview still valid ?I couldn't locate an updated version for 6.x anywhere ...so probably the answer...
View ArticleNetworking for LAN Backup
Hello, Can I dedicate pNIC or VMware Network for Backups only?I have two 10Gb uplinks that are currently Active for Virtual Machine Network. I want to use the faster 10Gb connection also for backups....
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TRUNK, ETHERCHANNEL NIC Teaming solution assistance
We are setting up ETHERCHANNEL NIC teaming connection from ESXi 5.5 vSwitch with 2 active vmnics to Cisco physical switch in TRUNK mode.All Cisco switch configurations were completed successfully and...
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Virtual switch and VRRP protocol
Hi everyone,I am new to ESXi and I'm trying to setup an environment with two VM placed on two ESXi6 servers.Each VM run a VRRP service instance; the active instance set mac and ip addresses and sends...
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Microsoft loopback adapter in vSphere 6
We have 2 IBM HS22 servers with an IBM Websphere application installed.We have succesfully converted to VMs but the load balancing feature of the application server is intermittent.They are using...
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