LACP Configuration for Distributed Switch - vSphere 5.5

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  Hey all,.

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  Hello

  To answer your question:

  (1) so you don't lose everything as soon as you create the switch. You can create a vDS (assuming that licenses) at any time and configure / play with him. Until connect you hosts and uplinks, so it is a pretty useless component in vCenter.

  (2) a vDS is wide vcenter. However, you can create them individually if oyu want. That is to say - one for the traffic of comments, one for management, one for storage.  You can also have them by cluster if you REALLY want to and just add the hosts in this cluster in particular switch that you built. But reducing to zero the point of them a bit.

  (3) when you add the host, you will be asked what you want to use, if you want to migrate all the standard switch VMK interfaces and if you want to migrate VMs. ACE as soon as this host and its specific uplinks are on the switch then the host will be able to use the vDS for everything you have set for rising connections.

  (4) didn't really create them. Some people are a little cautious host management of investment (usually vmk0) on them, some people are not. In general, the rule is that with a vDS you can not manage it if vCenter is down. But with a vSwitch you can connect to the host directly and set it up in this way individually. There are traps in this respect of binding of static ports on the port groups, but it can be bypassed by the binding of ports muralism on the management ports group. Chris Wahl explains better than I've rambled

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  Do not crack.

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  Hi all

  I am trying to wrap my brain around that and just run into a few problems actually make things work. Please bear with me, I will try and describe the environment that I have and what I'm trying to building with like jargin little I can.

  My current vmware environment consists of 3 hosts vsphere 4.x and about 6 different subnets. My primary host vSphere is home to the largest part of the virtual machine and manages 5 different subnets connected to each of 5 virtual switches separated with 1 assigned to each NETWORK adapter. Also, there is a switch of kernel VM with a connection to my NetApp iSCSI. The other vSphere hosts are simple enough, the two are connected to subnet 1 with a virtual switch for it and a switch of kernel VM with a connection to the NetApp iSCSI.

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  Hello

  If I'm correct, when the host is added the vDS and the creation of the vDS Service Console, I have to select an unused NIC and migrate the SC existing to the new group of port... or should I add a second SC for the VSS by using a NETWORK card available and who migrate to the new vDS?

  Yes, select an unused physical nic so that you have a physical nic connected to the VSS and the other to connect to the uplink of vDS group and migrate the SC. existing if you have several hosts, vMotion all VM and test to see if the migration without distruption, also works to keep details of the ILO ready incase you need to connect to the console of the server.

  This is a very good book white http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere-vnetwork-ds-migration-configuration-wp.pdf that provides detailed information about the migration.

  All the best.

  Kind regards
  Arun

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