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Distributed switch
Assuming the new host that will be added to the existing cluster is the same server, I have a question: If the cluster is using distributed switch, how do I configure the new host to use the existing...
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4 NICS 4 different networks
Hello, I have installed a ESXi 6.0.0It has 4 NICS.At the moment I have a w7 virtual machine and a Ubuntu, W7 detects all NICs. I will use it to connect remotely to this virtual machine to control and...
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Newly created Port-Group on vDS is not working
Hi, I have 4 ESXi hosts having version 5.1. The VCenter had the same 5.1 version but the server crashed few months back and the engineer reinstalled the newer VCenter version 5.5 U2. I also have...
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BFD protocol blocked by dvSwitch?
(Asking for a friend, I don't know enough network stuff for this) He is working with a customer on using the BFD protocol for some very special purposes. An application in the VM uses the BFD protocol...
View ArticleMigrating ESXi host with VMs from Nexus 1000v to the VMWare distributed switch
Hello, We have multiple clusters (vsphere 5.5) running on Cisco Nexus 1000v distributed switches. The goal is to migrate these clusters to native VMWare distributed switches without impacting...
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vDS and EDGE
Hi, I have two edge's connected to the same vDS. Edge1Edge1ServerLan1Edge2Edge2ServerLan1 Assuming that the firewall function is disabled should i be able to route from Edge1ServerLan1 to...
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Can't add a vmkernel port
I went into the vSphere client and added a virtual port group to a dvs. I then went and tried to add a vmkernel port to the virtual port group. The option was greyed out along with the others next to...
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port mirroring workaround using standard vSwitch
We tried to do port mirroring (spanning) but I know it is only supported with distributed switches.A workaround would be using promiscuous mode in a standard switch. I came across this article:vSwitch...
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How to use pysphere to edit NIC( VirtualE1000 ) to toggle between plugged and...
What I am trying to accomplish is to connect to an existing VMware VM and then access the virtual eth connections. Once a particular NIC is found, I want to toggle its state from UNPLUGGED to PLUGGED...
View ArticleRequesting assistance: How To configure it correctly
Environment:10 Physical servers on Network 10.10.20.xESXi 6.0 (4 servers) on Network 10.10.20.xvCenter 6.0 (physical server) on Network 10.10.20.x20+ VMs on Network 10.10.20.x(1) dvSwitch for all 4 ESX...
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Problem in vMotion traffic and HA failure detection and Shown the Network...
I have some problem when i am trying to run vMotion between some Hosts. in this situation, I face randomly some errors which indicate HA error and partitioned mode detection. my settings in all Hosts...
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vDS and datacenters
Good afternoon, all!I'm looking into configuring vDS instances in my datacenters. However, I'm a little unclear on what, precisely, a "datacenter" constitutes in this context. Here's the outline: I...
View ArticleVDS traffic disruption, multiple uplinks to same switch (Netgear GS724T)
Hello,we have 2 ESXi 5.5 nodes, each with 3 physical NICS; all NICS are connected to the same Netgear switch, in trunk mode.We created a DVS with 3 DVUplinks and connected each of the physical nics to...
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ESXi VLAN issue
Hello,We are trying to install ESXi on a flex system. Issue is that Vlan 200 was tagged in both AT&T core switches and Flex switches but i can't see it. I can see all VLANs tagging except 200. Any...
View ArticleHow to avoid vMotion when i have lan connectivity problems
Hello, From my experience vm can do vmotion to another host as long he has vmotion network. Is there any way to avoid vm to do vmotion to another host in the cluster if the candidate host have...
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distributed switch
i have standart switch and i have 8 esxi 6.0 hosts. now i want to vmware distributed switch but i dont know how to convert all to vmware distributed switch. is it possible ?
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distributed switch desing
i have 6 hosts esxi 6 and 4x10 gbit nic. now i want to create distributed switch . 2x10 gbit nic for managemet and vm network they have vlan . 2x10 gbit nic for vmotion netowrk. how to create...
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dvSwitch Port based network traffic "Peak Bandwidth" setting
I have a requirement to have an absolute limit of 1Gbps for VMs running on a dvSwitch with 10Gbps uplinks. I need to prevent micro bursts of greater than 1Gbps in the sample window. How does peak...
View ArticleVM ware
HI everyone I am looking to start the VMware. Kindly anyone suggest where to start the basics things and what I need read. Note : I am having 3 years exp in networking thanks udayamoorthy
View ArticleVMXNET3 Backup NIC stop pinging\responding on RedHat Linux 6 x64
Hi All, I have Virtual environment with ESXi 5.5 and using multiple guest VM with different OS(WIndows, Unix, etc) now a days we are facing an issue with RedHat Linux 6 x64. We are using 2 VMXNET3 NICs...
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