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New driver for Xeon D - "VMware ESXi 6.0 ixgbe 4.5.3 NIC Driver for Intel...
The 4.5.3 driver download page surfaced today, with the driver VIB bundle ixgbe-4.5.3-2494585-6925533.zipdated October 23 2017.Curious, how is testing is going for other folks? See my (unofficial)...
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UDP performance of a connection restricted to under 1Gbps between Esxi 6.0...
Hi, I have 2 Esxi 6.0 servers. There is on Debian Linux virtual machine in each of these servers. The Linux virtual machines are connected by a 10Giabit X540 AT2 network adapters (back to back) . A...
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LLDP not working with Intel X710 cards
Hi. Is anyone having issues with LLDP not working with Intel X710 10gb? We just got a batch of Dell PowerEdge 730s with a Dual-Port Intel X710 card and a Quad port Motherboard card which is a...
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Server mirroring and recovery
Hi All,VMware is total new for me, but I have task to achieve and need your help and advice.On two location will be same setup 1x server with 3-4 EXSI and NAS with max of 3TB data, so task is if main...
View ArticlePlease help understand new vmware products
Can someone please explain to me in plain simple English terms the following technologies: What are they for and how they work?Are they related to each other?Are they considered part of SDDC (Software...
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IP Hash Nic Teaming and VMkernel mgmt portgroup
This is a simple question, with IP Hash configured at the master vSwitch (standard vSwitch), all port groups are supposed to have all VMNICs in the active state, but does this rule also apply to the...
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VDS -> DVUplinks -> Vendor configuration
I can't seem to find any documentation regarding the "Vendor configuration" Allowed/Disabled selection in the DVUplinks settings page.What function does the "Vendor configuration" setting control? (re:...
View Articlecisco discovery protocol
can i enable cisco discovery protocol on vcenter standart switch . just want to learn that which nic is connect to switch port . i have 100 esx hosts and i havent which nics connect to switch port. i...
View Articlemtu to 9216?
Hi , Is there a way to change the mtu to 9216? ESXI is not letting the guest OS to go more than MTU size of 9000 even though physically it can support upto 9216, in a SRIOV scenario. Guest OS asks...
View ArticleHow to disable DST MAC check on ESXi?
ESXi SR-IOV question - Is it possible to disable DST MAC check on ESXi?tried several solutions , but they don’t seem to work: pciPassthru13.noForgedSrcAddr falsepciPassthru13.downWhenAddrMismatch...
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How Virtual Machine Traffic Routes
This question is well explained in the community doc Understand How Virtual Machine Traffic Routes . However it is missing the scenario of 2 VMs on 2 different hosts, but same vDS (same port group)....
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VM traffic same ESXi Host
Hi all,VMs on the same Host in Portgroup_VMs. 10.11.11.x IPsWhy the traffic goes through the 10gig vmnics and not through the 1gig nic? vSwitch01.Portgroup_VMs = VLAN 0 (none)vmnic0 (speed 1000 Full) =...
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Distributed switch configuration
I am commencing my first deployment of Distributed switches. I will do this in my lab. Can someone please share configuration guide from basics.
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Migrating vCenter VM to vDS
What happen if vCenter VM Network Portgroup is migrated to vDS Portgroup? Is there any impact to it, or we got disconnected after migrating the portgroup?
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vss to vds migration
hello i have a cluster of two hosts with vSS configuration and i would like to migrate the vSS to vDS.lets say that i have one port group on the ESXi01 that is connected to vmnic0 , and the same...
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cisco 4500 vss and vmw
Hello all.This is fifth day that I'm trying to solve how to correct configure vmware and cisco vss with lacp. (Previously I tried to use etherchannel with the same effect) Also other LACP groups (not...
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Question on vSwitches and physical upstream switch failure
Hello, I would like a question in relation to the behavior that I would experience in this situation: I have two NICs in the following configuration using the default load balancing scenario “Route...
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vSwitch setup for performance
Currently I have two esxi hosts. Each has two nics connected to a vswitch for all of our VMs. The VMs are spread across five VLANs that are tagged on the port groups and the two physical nics are trunk...
View ArticleNeed clarification of LBT options for dvSwitch
Hi, I am tasked with creating a new 6.5 cluster, and it will utilize a dvSwitch.I am trying, with not much success, to determine which load based teaming option will best meet our needs:Route based on...
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VLAN list
Hi Is there a way to list out all the VLAN's that the physical networkcard on ESXi can see from the switch?esxcfg-vswitch -l only show defined VLAN's on the system. I know HPE Oneview has presented all...
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