Consolidating clusters in multiple vCenter to one vCenter current active...
Scenario:I have 4 separate vCenters. Each has only a couple clusters of 10 ESXi 6.0u3 hosts. Each vCenter has a couple of Distributed switches (VM Guest & vMotion) and they are all setup...
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vSphere Networking limitation I discover
Hello Everyone, Thank you for your time. Today I want to disccuss some limitations I discover during the deployement of my envirement, I would love to have your feedback. This is the bic picture :...
View ArticleHow to migration kernel port from VSS to VDS
My server has only one physical Nic,How to migrate management network(vmkernel) from VSS to VDS.
View ArticleA question from a Newbie - Distribution Switch
Hi, Everyone, I am studying for VCP6-DCV foundation exam and I have a question regarding the Distribution switch configuration, is it possible to have multiple port groups each connected to different...
View ArticleIs LACP/etherchannel
What is the best network and VMware config that will be near LACP/etherchannel capability in terms of redundancy if standard vswitch will be used.Vsphere 6 is the version being used
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Problem to connect a VM to another network range
Hi, this is my plan, and I want to connect my VOIP server (192.168.113.6) to my FXO (192.168.114.2) through my working tunnel, every NIC in my ...113.1/24 can ping any device in ...113.1/24 network...
View ArticleInitial LACP Configurations with New Hosts
Good Afternoon, I am trying to understand the best course of action when installing a new ESXi host and then planning to move it to the VDS leveraging a LACP LAG. The migration to the VDS and all of...
View ArticleHelp Needed for Network Load Sharing (vSwitch or DVS)
Hi everybody, Hoping to get some advice about network load balancing using vSwitch or Distributed Switch (DVS - not sure what is the proper abbreviation now for this). Some info about the environment...
View ArticleNew 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)...
View ArticleUDP 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...
View ArticleLLDP 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...
View ArticleVDS -> 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 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...
View ArticleHow 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)....
View ArticleVM 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) =...
View ArticleDistributed 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.
View Articlevss 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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