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• question about nic teaming and management nic

  I just created a system of esxi 6 on a HP dl585g7 with 4 built in NIC.  Worked well but I've only used one of the network adapters and it served the network management card and serve the guests.  Now, I want to configure to use all 4 cards.  I set up my hp Switch 5500 with 4 ports as an aggregate and tagged all the VLANS for them.  Don't know how to configure the NIC of the console management.  Do I have to leave one of the NICs to make a network management card?  Select all network cards on the management console?

  You have not really need of aggregation of links allows you to use all four cards. vSphere uses its own algorithms for load balancing to distribute traffic between links rising vSwitch. You can use standard vSwitches ether and LACP channels on vSwitches distributed, but is generally not necessary.

  If this is the case, then just connect all uplinks to vSwitches and you will be able to use all four links to send/receive traffic. If you use VLANs, be sure to assign VLAN IDS to groups of ports and configure circuits on the side of the switch.

• UCS C200 and NIC Teaming/FailOver

  As UCS C200 with management of a 10/100 and 10/100/two interface 1000 interfaces and PCIe with 4NIC

  I want to install CUCM 8.5 is the NIC Teaming/failover supported by UCS C200 and how to set up the NIC Managment interface with failover?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  As you install apps from the CPU on the server of the UCS, speech application team listed their recommendations here.

  http://docwiki.Cisco.com/wiki/QoS_Design_Considerations_for_Virtual_UC_with_UCS#Guidelines_for_Physical_LAN_Links.2C_Trunking_and_Traffic_Sizing

  You can create a NIC teaming in the ESXi via vSphere client software for traffic from from / destined for virtual machines.

  For C200, we have only one management port and if you use the management for MMIC traffic port, switch option is not available.

  However, if you choose to use host for MMIC traffic NETWORK ports, you can set up CIMC NIC mode for 'LOM shared' which provides the NIC teaming options.

  http://www.Cisco.com/en/us/docs/unified_computing/UCS/c/SW/GUI/config/Guide/1.4.1/b_Cisco_UCS_C-Series_GUI_Configuration_Guide_141_chapter_01000.html#concept_AC4EC4E9FA3F4536A26BAD49734F23D0

  HTH

  Padma

• What is the different NIC Teaming policy between vSwitch properties setting and Port-Group

  Hello

  I know that there r two ways to set NIC Teaming policy: vSwtich or Port Group.  What is the different?

  Who is the highest priority?    Could the port group properties overrides the setting of vSwtich? Or just inherit.

  ARO

  Ding

  Yes-

• NIC Teaming Poweredge R420

  Hello:

  I am collecting information to configure NIC teaming on my server Dell poweredge r420.

  Other posts I've read it is mandatory, installing broadcom software and update the firmware of the NIC (Broadcom Netxtreme gigabit ethernet).

  I can't find the broadcom advanced control suite window to set up the consolidation of network cards.

  Can someone help me?

  You can access the Web from Broadcom site and download it here: http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet-nic-netxtreme-i-server or there are updates on the Dell Web site: http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/DriverDetails/Product/poweredge-r710?driverId=2T17H&osCode=WS8R2&fileId=2961022443#

  Hope one of these works for you.

  Wheeler Mitzi (Mitch)

• C200 M2 Windows 2008 R2 NIC Teaming question

  I have a c200 M2 Server with a map of map NETWORK Broadcom addon (N2XX-ABPCI01).  I would like to create a NIC team with all 4 cards (2 on board and 2 Broadcom).

  I found the enictool on the CD, but when I run it, it is not announce adapters or teams.

  How can I create a team on this server?

  Thank you

  Dave Harrold

  Hi Dave,.

  Utlities CD/.iso, you can find the BINS utlity for broadcom. This should help you.

  . / Afonso

• Are these viable designs for NIC teaming on UCS C-Series?

  Is this a viable design on ESXi 5.1 on UCS C240 with 2 Quad port nic cards?

  Option A) VMware consolidation of NIC with the load balancing of interfaces vmnic in an configuration active/active through alternate and redundant physical paths to the network.

  Option B) VMware consolidation of NIC with the load balancing of the interfaces in a configuration vmnic Active/Standy by alternate and redundant paths of material to the network.

  Option A:

  

  Option B:

  

  Thank you.

  She really comes down to what means active/active N ° and type of switches upstream.  For ESXi NIC teaming - Active/Active load balancing provided the opportunity for all network links be active for devices different comments.  Grouping can be configured in a few different methods.  The default value is by ID of virtual port where each guest computer is assigned to an active port and then also a spare port.  Traffic to this host would be only sent on a connection at a time.

  For example, suppose 2 Ethernet connections and 4 guests on the ESX host.  Link 1 for switch 1 would be active for 1 and 2 and 2 link to switch 2 backup for 1 and 2.  However 2 link to switch 2 would be active for 3 guests and 4 and 1 link 1 switch backup for 1 and 2 comments.

  The following provides details on the configuration of the card NETWORK is teaming up with VMWare:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1004088

  There are also opportunities for LACP configuration in some situations, but there is a material special considerations on the side of the switch, but also on the host side.

  Keep in mind that the vSwitch does not blindly broadcast/multicast/unknown unicast on all ports.  He has a strict set of rules that prevents loopback.  It is not a traditional L2 redirector so loops are not taken into account in an active/active environment.

  In addition, this document explains VMWare Virtual Networking Concepts.

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/virtual_networking_concepts.PDF

  Steve McQuerry

  UCS - Technical Marketing

• ISE Cisco 3395 NIC Teaming/redundancy

  Is it possible to implement the consolidation of NETWORK cards on a 3395, I see that it is available on the SNS 3400 series? However, I was unable to locate any information about NIC grouping for purposes of redundancy on of the 3395. This feature is taken in charge, and if so, how I would approach him allowing of correctly? Thank you very much for the help in advance.

  Hello. For now, ISE does not support the NIC teaming/pipe of any kind. It asked that several times so I hope that Cisco will implement in a future version.

  Thank you for evaluating useful messages!

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• iSCSI / vmkernel multipathing vs NIC teaming

  Hello

  I know of Configuration of VMware SAN Guide provides information about how to configure iSCSI multipath with vmkernel interfaces double on various uplinks.

  What are the disadvantages of using basic NIC teaming instead? Just an interface of vmkernel on a vswitch (d) with two uplinks. It will work properly about redundancy and failover?

  Kind regards

  GreyhoundHH wrote:

  What are the disadvantages of using basic NIC teaming instead? Just an interface of vmkernel on a vswitch (d) with two uplinks. It will work properly about redundancy and failover?

  I guess the difference is while using "Port Binding" iSCSI initiator uses vSphere Pluggable Storage Architecture to handle the load balancing/redundancy, that can make better use of multiple paths to NETWORK card available. Otherwise, the initiator will use vmkernel stack ensures redundancy network and balancing in the same way as a normal network traffic.

  I suggest that you look at the great post on iSCSI multi-vendor, I think the 2 statements below will summarize the difference:

  "

  • However, the biggest gain of performance allows the storage system to scale the number of network adapters available on the system. The idea is that multiple paths to the storage system can make better use multiple paths, he has at his disposal than the consolidation of NETWORK cards on the network layer.
  • If each physical NETWORK adapter on the system looks like a port to a path to the storage, the storage path selection policies can make best use of them.

  "

  
  

• Switch Standard virtual Teaming and Failover/Failback w / button batteries

  Hello

  Small question about Standard virtual switches and nic teaming/failover.

  I have 4 phy cards network connected to a single vSS; two are defined as active adapters (vnic A & B) and two are defined as standby adpaters (vnic C & D). The first two active adapters are connected to a primary switch stack using an etherchannel cross-stack and the two other standby adapters are connected to a driving switch stand-by also using a cross-stack etherchannel. The primary and standby switch stacks are not connected to each other (in a stacking context) but are connected to the same physical network.

  Here's my question - if A nic fails, nic C or D will become active. Let's just for arguments sake adapeter C become active. So B and C card are now involved (for vmware). When C becomes active, the network see B and C adapter as a team even if they are spanning two batteries of different switch - this will create duplicate the network MACs? If Yes, what is the proper way to shift several cross-stack etherchannel teams?

  The physical switch batteries are Cisco Catalyst 3750 s.

  Thank you!

  Steve

  ... why bother you even create etherchannels...

  There may be special use cases where you have a high traffic going out to a lot of targets with different IP addresses. Personally I never used EtherChannel in ESX (i) environment to date.

  With the default strategy, VMware uses a turnstile mechanism, where virtual NETWORK card a VM is assigned to a physical connection when the virtual machine is running. It is usually sufficient to balance traffic. ESXi 4.1 and the appropriate license (required vDS), VMware has introduced a new policy of load after grouping , which can also interesting to look at.

  And, when using an etherchannel, why is-IP-HASH the technique only balancing?

  See: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/virtual_networking_concepts.pdf

  André

• NIC teaming with the IP hash load balancing

  Hi guys

  I have a virtual machine with a VMXNET3 10 Gbps. It is usually have a heavy traffic with a special server and saturate one of my two physical NIC of 1 Gbps in its PortGroup. I want to know what's going to happen if I turn on "NIC Teaming for this portgroup with basic IP hash load balancing". In my case the source IP address and destination are not change so the aggregates of traffic between my two physical network adapters?

  To avoid saturating completely the two 1GbE NIC, it can also be useful to look in charge based on the grouping and the NIOC. It will ensure that the other streams of traffic VM are not crushed by this machine a virtual when it saturates a network card. The disadvantage is that it requires Enterprise Plus licenses (using a dvSwitch).

• Override the port NIC teaming with powercli group?

  Hi all

  Any chance you could lend a hand?

  I have a powercli script that goes out to all of my ESX 4.0 host and add a new port group to vswitch1 with a new VLAN ID. That works well, but I also need to override the NIC teaming on this port group, to set an active NIC and the other to be the backup. (we put NIC failover port groups not the vswitches).

  I see ways to change NIC vswitches grouping settings, but am yet to find a way to change the settings of the NIC collection for groups of ports themselves with powercli?

  Can someone shine a light?

  Thank you

  Try something like:

  Get-VirtualPortGroup-name '' | Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Game-NicTeamingPolicy - MakeNicActive "vmnic1" - MakeNicStandby "vmnic0".

  I hope this helps!

• The charge (LBT) Teaming and physics-based pass config?

  I must say LBT is very promising, but I'm not clear on some points.

  Since this is a feature of VMware how this interface with physical switches? And what strategy for load balancing should be used on the aggregates of physical switch?

  I imagine that only traffic outgoing/evacuation could be balanced with this policy, but without a physical switch configured to complete this config this penetration/inbound traffic would be treated by the physical switch.

  In NIC teaming the physical switch config might look like:

  switchport access vlan 145

  switchport trunk vlan native 145

  switchport trunk allowed vlan 145,622,623

  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

  switchport mode trunk

  spanning tree portfast

  What strategy for load balancing is used on the physical switches? In the example above, no. How does this work? Well basically each NETWORK card is considered as being connected to a different device (see: http://blog.ioshints.info/2011/01/vmware-vswitch-does-not-support-lacp.html). In the case of LBT, configuration remains the same. This means THAT LBT is interfaced with physical switches identical regular grouping of NETWORK cards.

  With regard to the question of if the exit/entry traffic is balanced, the answer is both. While the physical switch could handle the traffic of penetration before the vDS, switching as MAC address learning functions would ensure that the right interface is used. Using grouping of NETWORK cards for example, if an interface in a team of NETWORK adapter disconnects the physical switch manages failover? The answer is no at least not initially. From: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMW-Whats-New-vSphere41-Networking.pdf

  How does the LBT
  LBT adjusts dynamically the mapping of physical virtual NIC ports the best balance the network load entering or leaving the ESX.
  Host of ESXi 4.1. When LBT detects a condition of entry or exit-congestion on an uplink, signified by an average use of 75% or
  over a period of 30 seconds, it will attempt to move one or more streams mapped to common links vmnic virtual ports
  within the team.
  LBT is a great tool and one I've been waiting a long time. I hope that answers your questions!

• NIC Teaming ESXi 4.0 recommendations

  Hi everyone-

  A very easy for you, but just need another opinion.  I have several hosts in my current environment of the virtual machine.  I add over several hosts.  Good grouping network adapters as well as the good deligation of the NIC issue.  What we have to work with-> 4 Integrated NIC (vmnic0-3), 4 network interface cards PCI (vmnic4-7), 4 (vmnic8-11) PCI network interface cards.  Not new in the world of the VM, but new to implement environmental...

  The current provision in the existing NETWORK adapter is as follows:

  vmnic0/vmnic3-> teamed for console Mgmt (vSwitch0)

  vmnic2, vmnic4, vmnic5-> available to the virtual machine (vSwitch1)

  It was setup by an admin before vm and I do not have a warm and fuzzy about how the management console is associated with and worries me because in my documentation, it States a specific nic should be designated for the vmotion, correct?  And this isn't on here too, even if the vMotion is enabled.

  What I would do is this way for team management console NIC

  vmnic0/vmnic4-> where NIC card breaks down, PCI NIC is ready and capable and vice versa (fault tolerance)

  Should I activate all the network adapters on the host?  Which would give me 2 integrated and available for the VM PCI 8.  I guess the network cards more better but sometimes too much of a good thing is bad...  Also is there a specific way to designate 2 just NIC for vMotion or is only a mute point?

  Thank you for your comments.

  > vmnic0 / vmnic4-> in the case where NIC card breaks down, PCI NIC is ready and able, and vice versa (fault tolerance)

  Yes, it's better than vmnic0/vmnic3 (of one physical chip)

  > Should I use all the network adapters on the host?

  Depends on what you want. Too many network cards will give nothing, except hedache if all VM traffic can be transmitted through 1 Gbit link without performance degradation.

  > Also is there a specific way to designate 2 just NIC for vMotion or is only a mute point?

  Use NIC teaming personal - seam vmnic1/vmnic5 as active/active or active / standby for VMkernel on vMotion portgroup.

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