Best way to set up a host of ESXi 4 with only 3 network cards?

Set us up an ESXi 4 Host with 3 cards.  It is a stand-alone server that will not connect to the SAN FC network.  However, we respect the vStorage VM function if necessary.

With only 3 cards on hand, there's any suggestion on the speed and the consolidation of NETWORK cards that we set up?  Our network administrator wants to give us only 1 x 1 Gbps Connection + 2 x 100 Mbit/s.

Your suggestion is requested

Thank you

Post edited by: TonyJK

Since you do not connect to FC SAN I guess you have local storage or storage over IP.

In this case it is recommended to dedicated 1Gbit link for IP storage. If you can not have dedicated you will share Gbit link between the storage on IP and VMs.

100 MBit NIC cand be used only:

(1) dedicated storage VMotion or IP management interface

(2) relief links networks of VM and management failover

You definitely need at least 2 running on Gbit network cards

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