Anyone tried Netflow?
Hello, I want to trial Netflow on one of our vDS's and wondered what free Netflow server do you use? I wants me to add an IP for the vDS under the Netflow settings, can this be an IP on the same subnet...
View ArticleVSphere HA Cluster and Veeam Backup repository on a SAN 10GbE iSCSI network
Hello All, We are in the process of building a SAN storage network for a vSphere HA cluster that will have two ESXi 6.5 hosts as a start. The SAN will have two pools of disks one is for a shared...
View Articlehost lost virtual switches/kernal/physical adapter
Randomly 4 of 8 esxi hosts lost all of those. i am able to remote to vm that are running on those hosts but i am unable to do anything. I have tried disconnect/connecting back the hosts but no luck. I...
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Best Practices to configure a physical switch interface with hosts ESXi
Hello, I'm with a doubt about how I can make a switch interface configuration where my 2 hosts ESXi with 4 interfaces are connected. Can I configure a LAG with this 4 interfaces or will I need...
View ArticleProblem with MTU
Goodmorning everyone I state that I am talking about a hyperconvergent Syneto structureSyneto is a server with a custom version of ESXi whose kernel has been modified.Syneto works with its own OS that...
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Cannot understand routing table - how to make my MV reachable from outside?
I've following situation:Dedicated server with 10 IPsInstalled VMware Esxi.Installed VMsI can access internet (Assigned one of 10 static IP)But my VM is not reachable from outside (ping Remote desktop...
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VM traffic / Management / vMotion / iSCSI on same phsyical NICs
Hi, normal you have own NICs for ISCSI, Mgmt and also for VM traffic... To simplefy the cabling and reduce also the number of needed switches (bigger setup) Is it possible to have only 1 NIC card (e.g....
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network port binding for an iscsi adapter (no options available)
I have an ESXi 6.7U3 esx host being managed by vsphere 6.7. The esxi host has 6 nics and I want to dedicate 2 of those for iscsi traffic only. Right now, two of those 6 nics are not assigned to any...
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vmotion from vds to standard switch
Hello peeps I have a datacentre called DC. It has one cluster of 10 esxi hosting VMs running on 2xVDS switches. Both VDS switches are configured using 2xlags. Each lag has 2x uplinks. In 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...
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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Port Mirroring on Distributed SW and mirrored traffic
Hi everybody,Is mirrored traffic transported over TLS among ESXI hosts in a custer?Additional info;We can use port mirroring feature of distributed switch where we identify sources as vlans and...
View Article"Currently connected network interface uses network, which is not accessible"
Hello! I have an 3 esxi serverI have dswitch configuredall servers are included in dswitch But when I try to migrate the virtual machine, I get this error: "Currently connected network interface"...
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Upgrades: Standard switch and iscsi target to distribute switch and vsan
Hi to all, and sorry in advance for my English. Current configuration:- 3 x Server Esxi 6.7 in one vCluster in one vDataCenter- Each host with 4x 1Gb NICs + 2x 10Gb Nics- Each host with 8x SSD-...
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ESXi Standard switch blocks the network if all Nic's is marked as active in...
Hi I'm kind of new in this ESXi.... on this level. ESXi Standard switch blocks the network if all Nic's is marked as active in "Failover order" In switch settings. Why is this the case?I Have 2...
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The order of enabling jumbo frames on existing network
Consider the following topology <VM><VMNIC>---iSCSI....<UCS VNIC><UCS FI>---iSCSI---<Nexus 6k>---iSCSI---<NIC><Tegile/Intelliflash> Jumbo framing is enabled at...
View ArticleVLAN 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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Trunk Port Group ESXi 6.7
Wonder if someone can give some advice on this situation. I have some experience on ESXi but it's not something I work on often. SetupI have one ESXi host (6.7) with standard vswitch connecting to an...
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VM Traffic Tunneling
Hi all,I’m a developer working on a custom SDN solution in my organization. In essence, I want to be able to tunnel VM traffic transparently, favorably with some kind of IP tunneling (vxlan, etc.)...
View ArticlevSS to vDS with LAG
Hi,When migrating from vSS to vDS with a LAG configuration on the physical switch, pre vSS to vDS, do I need to break the LAG on the physical switch before starting? Quite limited information on this...
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