Migrating from Standard Switches to Distributed Switches
Hi Experts, We are in process of migrating from Standard Switches to Distributed Switches in 6.0, Right now we have multiple vendor hardware , like Dell chassis ,CISCO chassis , Dell standalone.Dell...
View ArticleVM Management NIC Teaming
Hi Guys, we get a new ESXi Cluster with Enterprise Plus with the following Network Config:2x 1G NIC6x 10G NIC With the new ESXI Cluster i want realise the following Network Config: x VM Data Traffic...
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using PVLAN with virtualised firewall and trunk ports
Hi guys, I'm testing pfsense running as a VM in ESXi 6.7U2 and I'm having some difficulty with PVLAN on ESXi side and regular VLAN on the firewall side. So far I understood, for example primary PVLAN...
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Adding vlan to trunk on switch kills all traffic
We are running 2 cisco nexus 9K switches as aggregation switches and vPC links between them. We have 5 vsphere hosts up and running on trunks and virtual networking is configured into DVS from VCenter....
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VMNICS are Down on esxi host
Hello All, 4 VMNICS are Down out of 7 nics on esxi host where the esxi is old environment 5.5, HP ProLiant BL460c G7.Network and local Data center team confirmed nothing suspicious from their end....
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What Does inter-vm and Intra- VM communication means?
Dear Team, Just wanted to understand What Does inter-vm and Intra- VM communication means? Could you please c Inter-VM (Communication between 2 VMs which are on 2 different Hosts)Intra-VM...
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Trying to configure an Internal Virtual Network within my vSphere Cluster -...
Hello All- I have configured an Internal Network on one of my ESXi Hosts that is part of a vSphere Cluster which consists of 4 - ESXi hosts with vDS, HA/DRS enabled. I have created a vDS Port Group...
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No Network Adapters
Hi so recently I tried to run ESXi 6.7 U3 on an Intel Nuc (NUC6CAYH). When it gets to the end of the installation, it says their no network adapters. Upon researching forums I see that the drivers...
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Lost management network after vmnic return
Hi guys! Here is an issue. I had vswitch0 set up with 4 physical vmnics in it (no lacp, default teaming based on originating port id). There was several vlans at this switch, including VMkernel for...
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RECOVERING: RE-configuring NIC teaming, Load Balancing using IP HASH
We are recovering after a major outage which affected several drives on the server and backup. As a result an entire raid array logical drive was lost. Here is our current situation: Our configuration...
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When does vm change port id
Can anyone list all the situations where a vm can change port id (on distributed switch)?
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Vmware Integrated Container Network ISSUE
Hi to all, I had deployed the latest VmwareIntegratedContainer OVA succesfully and registered it with my Virtual Center appliance,I also had opened the firewall between the Hosts and the VICs as (Open...
View ArticleCan you move ESXi Hosts with distributed switches from one vCenter to another?
Hi, Can you move ESXi Hosts with distributed switches from one vCenter to another? I know you couldn't under previous versions of ESXi but I assume that has changed now. We do it all the time with...
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Different numbers of uplinks on one distributed switch
We have one cluster where all ESXi servers have 4 physical uplinks (LACP) and another cluster where all ESXi servers have 2 physical uplinks (LACP). Both clusters are connected to the same Distributed...
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Migrate ESXi from on Distributes Switch to another
I need to migrate and connect on ESXi server from one dvs to another dvs (both in the same vCenter). ESXi have 4 uplinks (LACP), and both dvs are in different clusters. . I have created the new...
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Port Mirror - Performance & Bandwidth effect
Hey everyone, I want to configure port mirroring to some VMs in order to transfer all the packets to a security system. I search all over the web and found that port mirroring is for troubleshooting...
View ArticleVirtual Network Design recommendations
I'm looking for some general recommendation to help design virtual network for the below spec / requirements and hoping you can share your thoughts. 3 host VSAN cluster (may be another one later to be...
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Remove 2 uplink from dvs with LACP
We have 3 ESXi host in a cluster. Each host have 4 uplinks and all 4 are bundled to one LACP, on a dvs. Management, vmotion, vxlan and vsan all runs through the LACP uplink. I want to remove vsan form...
View ArticlePort Mirror Scenario
Hi there, first of all: I dont know if i am at the right place here. If this is not the right place to ask this question than i am really sorry My Scenario is the following:I got one virtual DNS...
View ArticleAttempted to create a distributed switch and now lost all connections
Hi,Attempted to create a distributed switch from the vsphere gui. Something obviously didn't work and now have lost gui access to vsphere and two esxi hosts.Can ssh to one of the esxi hosts and trying...
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