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test NIC performance
Hi! I have 4 host cluster. Each host with two Mallanox ConnectX-3, IPoIB, vSphere shows 40Gbps for each port. How to chesk (test) real port performance, real max troughput?
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Can we have the same VLAN for vmkernel port of VSS and also for a VMnetwork of DVS ? (same host participating in VSS and DVS) Apologies for this newbie query
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network policy!
i didt understand Use explicit failover order policy mode. i know all policy but this policy is always use the highest order uplink from the list of Active adapters that passes failover detection...
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Why the rx buf length and vmdq num of intel ixgbe are decreased in...
Hi expert, We use intel ixgbe NIC in our host, and we have set the option as below to enable 8 VMDQ for each NIC.esxcfg-module -s "InterruptType=2,2,2,2 VMDQ=8,8,8,8" ixgbe If the host is not prepared...
View ArticleImplmenting VLANs in VMWare for the first time
So we've had VMware in place for a while now, but our network has been a sore spot. We are now working to remedy that. We have slowly begun to VLAN off parts of our network, which previously all ran in...
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Issue with Nexus 1000v iSCSI multipathing
Hello Experts, We have configured port-profile in Nexus 1000v switch to be used for VMKs that will binded to iSCSI software vmhba adapter. This iSCSI vmhba adapter is part of EMC (RecoverPoint for...
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Best practice question - one vSwitch or multiple vSwitches
I'm running Esxi 5.5 in a lab prior to deploying to a customer and I am trying to ensure I do the best solution for the customer. My VMWare host has 4 NICs and they all attach to a switch. 2 of the...
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vSwitch Management Network drops connection after VLAN change
I have current issue with my vSwitch that cuts me off once I change the VMkernel Port (Management Network) vlan to VLAN 10 on my ESXi host.My Cisco switch has VLAN 10 for LAN and VLAN 20 for DMZ. The...
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VM Network PG on Jumbo Frames enabled VDS - question
Hi guys, I'm a bit confused about jumbo frames in this particular situation: I wonder if I can have normal "VM Network" portgroups on a VDS switch configured with jumbo frames end-to-end...
View ArticleCisco Configs for Management Network
Hello, I was wondering if anyone had a doc explaining the switch configs needed to setup separate management network. Explaining how to setup the cisco communities and expected vlan details. Seem to be...
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Teaming Uplinks to Hosts
Hiya. We have a scenario where we have 2 x 1gb NICs on each of our hosts and this is not going to provide enough bandwidth. Id like to stick with the default "Route Based on Originating Port ID" for...
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Getting information VM Port associated to Nexus 1000V
I would like to have PowerCli script which can extract information of Port configured for associated VM to Nexus1000v. Also if script can extract information of Physical VNIC associated to Nexus 1000V....
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Is there anything wrong with using Active/Active when teaming
Hiya, I am designing a VMware environment. I'm going to have 2 up-links going to 2 pSwitches.The teaming method being used will be "route based on originating port ID". Is there any reason I cannot set...
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VMware Infrastructure Design
Hiya After having meetings with our network team I have come up with this design. They proposed I use 4 switches as shown in the diagram. But as the storage network is isolated from the VM network, How...
View ArticleIdentifying NICs on an ESXI Host
Hiya,I'm going to be adding 3 PCI cards to an ESXI Host, each with 2 10gb NICs. I am going to be placing different VLANs on each NIC for seporating the different types of traffic. How do I know which...
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Connecting to an Equalogic Array using Port Binding
Hiya,I am setting up Port Binding on an ESXI host and have 2 VMkernels connected to 2 NICs, which is the correct way, but when specifying the IP address for the Target do I specify the same Group IP...
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VMware Infrastructure Design - Network
Hi Everyone, I have a 2 X 4 Node Cluster with each node having 6 NIC (4 X 1 GB; 2 X 10 GB NIC). I am currently setting up distributed switch and going back and forth on the setup. Let me know if this...
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Using NPAR on NICs VMware
Hiya,We may decide to use NPAR(network Partitioning) to save on Physical NICs in our VMware environment.But how would I configure & connect up to my management network during setup. We were going...
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Traffic Shaping help
Hi all,I'm working on a project and I'm trying to give a solution with traffic shaping.I have 11 VMs and I want to share 700Mbps on them.1 VM will take 200 Mbps10 VMs will share 500Mbps but I want to...
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Unexpected character in vsphere
Hi all, My end user is receiving pop-ups with the following error, current version is 5.5. Kindly suggest for any solutions. Thanks!
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