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• Site of a host and distributed switches

  A number of geographic sites is under a vCenter Server.  Each of them have their own switches distributed, that connect to vCenter over the WAN.  It works very well.  However in a site, there is only a single ESXi host.  In this case, I'm not standardize the configuration of this host with other hosts in the cluster.  I create a dependency on the WAN for the switch to be managed by vCenter Server, because I can't handle the switch by connecting directly to the ESXi host, as I could with a standard past.

  One of the advantages of a vDS would be that I could add more hosts, and then have a standard configuration. However no future growth is expected for this site right now.

  Another advantage is that I could use the NIOC and the load based on grouping.  For now, bonds rising physical network of 2 x 10 GB are very underused, even under load max - probably less than 3%.

  The license is already here, it is not extra cost.

  Is there a compelling reason to use or not use vDS in this scenario?  Thoughts, experiences, suggestions?

  Evening,

  I would sound that there is simply no reason not to use the vDS.  Reasons to not use it have been elminated.

  -> Cost

  -> Experience

  -> Used to have is not local for recovery situations

  All you have left is bonus good reasons for using the vDS.

  Just my two cents.

  Thank you

  Joseph

• iSCSI and distributed switches

  This could be a long post, but I did not ' have much time so will now start on it and Add.

  I am trying to install two vswitches distributed with ports vmkernel on each and link them to two physical cards on their own subnets connected to an iSCSI device that has two interfaces.

  I do all this in my lab ESXi nested under fusion using OpenFiler as the iSCSI device.

  I currently have two hosts, I have a cluster with vcenter server and openfiler iSCSI shared storage that works perfectly.  All comms management are on the subnet of the network management including iSCSI.

  I then created two networks more molten vmnet4 and vmnet 5, added 2 network I / f on each host and openfiler.

  Then created two dvswitches and vmkernel ports added to each and vmnic connected to iSCSI networks.

  What are hosts autodeply btw, so I then updated my host from my hosts of reference profiles and applied to the other host (I have a couple more autodeploy of hosts also although I use for practice in collaboration with autodeplay and everything works well) rebooted everything and the dvswitches are soft, pings all good work.

  Now comes the problem.  I can add these vmk/portgroup/vmnic for vmhba33 iSCSI software initiattor...  I can't enable iSCSI on the vmkernels in the vds or as it is grayed out.  When I try and add them to the adapter vmhba33 I get the message:

  The selected physical network adapter is not associated with VMkernel consistent teaming and political failver. VMkernel NIC must have exactly a link active and no rising shall be eligible to bind to the iSCSI HBA.

  so, I have attached a picture of this.  When I watch the vmkernel ports, iSCSI is greyed out.

  Basically, I'm trying this for is better acquainted with dvs and thought to deploy dvs and assign to the many guests would be the fastest way to implement an iSCSI for many guests esxi autodeployed network.

  The curious bit is that the görüş and vmkernel port adapter not listed FRO the dvs on vmnic 2 and 3 networks that are my iSCSI.  There are ports of the vmk in a portgroup with the name and the port group.

  I stuffed the properties I can find, and each button and the disturbingling, a lot of things is grayed out.

  I am stop for tonight and hope that someone can tell me first if what I'm doing is really possible and I do not do something stupid... and on the other hand, if someone can tell me the correct downwards path as I seem to have gone astray.

  Thank you

  Bill

  You can retrace your steps using this procedure to see if you have missed the steps;

  http://thefoglite.com/2012/06/14/configure-software-iSCSI-port-binding-on-a-VDS-with-dvPorts/

• 'upgrade' control of Distributed Switch for network IO / LACP improvements via PowerCLI?

  vSphere 6.0.  PowerCLI 6.0 R1.

  
  

  After using the New-VDSwitch PowerCLI command, I noticed that the Web Client vSphere shows there are "updates available" to the distributed switch resulting.

  
  

  I know that I can right-click on the distributed switch and select upgrade in the Web Client.

  
  

  Someone knows how can I perform the upgrade using PowerCLI?

  

  search terms: nioc

  Here is the code I ended up with yesterday before reading your response... is it ok for you?

  Also, is it OK to use 'ReconfigureDvs' instead of 'ReconfigureDvs_Task '?

  PS how do you get syntax colorization of your code PowerCLI?

  $myvDS = news-VDSwitch-Verbose - name $myvDSwitchName - location $myNetFolder - NumUplinkPorts 2

  # Upgrading capacity DSwitch "NIOC v3" and "Enhanced LACP Support.

  $spec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VMwareDVSConfigSpec

  $spec.networkResourceControlVersion = 'version 3 '.

  $spec.lacpApiVersion = "multipleLag".

  $spec.configVersion = $myvDS.ExtensionData.config.configVersion

  $myvDS.ExtensionData.ReconfigureDvs ($spec)

  # Activate the NIOC

  $myvDS.ExtensionData.EnableNetworkResourceManagement ($true)

  # Extract our object to collect the current configuration

  $myvDS = get-VDSwitch $myvDS

• vSphere Distributed Switch 5.5 traffic filtering and tagging

  Someone had a chance to create a script to update the traffic filtering and marking of area of a group of ports on a vSphere 5.5 Distributed Switch? The settings are only exposed in the web client for Onyx is not an option.

  I need to create a rule with the values below.

  Traffic Filterig and marking:

  Set State enabled

  New rule of network traffic

  Name: name of the traffic rule

  Action: Tag

  CoS value: tag value Update CoS: 4

  Qualifiers of traffic:

  Traffic management: evacuation

  New qualifying traffic system: vMotion

  This is as much as I can get.

  $VDSPortGroup = get-VDSwitch Test - dvSwitch | Get-VDPortGroup Test-PG

  $Spec = new-Object VMware.Vim.DVPortgroupConfigSpec

  $Spec.configVersion = $VDSPortGroup.ExtensionData.Config.ConfigVersion

  $Spec.defaultPortConfig = new-Object VMware.Vim.VMwareDVSPortSetting

  $Spec.defaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy = new-Object VMware.Vim.DvsFilterPolicy

  Sorry, it took a little longer than expected.

  Try like this

  $dvSwName = "dvSw1".

  $dvPgNames = "dvPg1".

  $dvSw = get-VDSwitch-name $dvSwName

  # Activate LBT

  foreach ($pg in (Get-View-Id $dvSw.ExtensionData.Portgroup |)) Where {$dvPgNames - contains $_.} {Name}))

  $spec = new-Object VMware.Vim.DVPortgroupConfigSpec

  $spec. ConfigVersion = $pg. Config.ConfigVersion

  $spec. DefaultPortConfig = New-Object VMware.Vim.VMwareDVSPortSetting

  $spec. DefaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy = New-Object VMware.Vim.DvsFilterPolicy

  $filter = new-Object VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficFilterConfig

  $filter. Nom_agent = "dvfilter-credits-vmware.

  $ruleSet = new-Object VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficRuleset

  $ruleSet.Enabled = $true

  $rule = new-Object VMware.Vim.DvsTrafficRule

  $rule. Description = "name of traffic rule".

  $rule. Direction = "outgoingPackets."

  $action = new-Object VMware.Vim.DvsUpdateTagNetworkRuleAction

  $action. QosTag = 4

  $rule. Action += $action

  $ruleSet.Rules += $rule

  $filter. TrafficRuleSet += $ruleSet

  $spec. DefaultPortConfig.FilterPolicy.FilterConfig += $filter

  $pg. ReconfigureDVPortgroup ($spec)

  }

• Consolidation and failover for the uplink on the Distributed switch port group

  Hello

  I have a problem with the implementation of a distributed switch, and I don't know I'm missing something!

  I have a few guests with 4 of each physical cards. On the host eash I configured 2 virtual switches (say A and B), with 2 physical network by vSwitch using etherchannel adapter. Everything works fine for etherchannel and route based on the hash of the IP for the latter.

  Recently, I decided to create two distributed switches and move the respective physical ports of virtual switches to this distributed switches. Once again, I want to configure etherchannel and route based on the hash of the IP. But when I open the settings for the uplink port group, aggregation and failover policies are grayed out and cannot be changed. Apparently they inherit configuration also but I don't know where!

  Chantal says:

  Once again, I want to configure etherchannel and route based on the hash of the IP. But when I open the settings for the uplink port group, aggregation and failover policies are grayed out and cannot be changed. Apparently they inherit configuration also but I don't know where!

  You must set the card NIC teaming policy on trade in reality and not on the uplink group more expected.

• Difference between a Standard switch and distributed virtual switches

  Hi people,

  I wanted to know the difference between a Standard switch and virtual distributed Switches.What benefits (characteristics) of displacement or migration from switches Standard using Virtual Switches.Any distributed on this will be appreciated.

  Thank you

  vmguy

  In this article, there is more information on these two concepts, Overview of the concepts of vNetwork Distributed Switch.

• How to list the security settings for distributed virtual switches and distributed virtual exchanges

  Is there a .pl can I use to list the security settings for distributed virtual switches and distributed virtual exchanges?

  parameters such as

  Mode promiscuity (license /reject)

  Mac address changes (license /reject)

  Allows the transmission of forged (permitted /reject)

  Thank you

  Fred

  Take a look at this article from blog for the script and details - http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/12/retrieving-information-from-distributed.html

• Switch Standard virtual and virtual distributed switch

  How to migrate the virtual machine to switch vNetwork Standard to a vNetwork Distributed Switch, where can I get more information? How to set up?

  Thank you

  I think that's what you're looking for

  It's pretty easy actually, I have not you, but once I had to manually migrate the 120VMs to one portgroup to another, now, it is quite easy to use GUI version 4.

  Migration of virtual machines between vSwitch or exchanges of vDS or dvPortgroups

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1010612

• vNetwork Distributed Switch

  I am preparing to install vSphere 5.5 and started the design of virtual network. I was counting on the creation of switches distributed when I read that only vSphere Enterprise PLUS supports the vNetwork Distributed Switch. Is this right? I am only able to create Standard switches on each host? Is there a way to export the configuration of a Standard switch that you can with a distributed switch?

  I was counting on the creation of switches distributed when I read that only vSphere Enterprise PLUS supports the vNetwork Distributed Switch. Is this right? --> Yes

  I am only able to create Standard switches on each host?--> if the license is less than Enterprise, then Yes

  Is there a way to export the configuration of a Standard switch that you can with a distributed switch? N ° but there are a lot of scripts PowerCLI available that can help you in mass deploy a Standard switch configuration.

• NSX design with cisco UCS/fabric interconnects and Nexus switches

  Hi Experts

  I am new to NSX design and deployment and working on a project. We deploy NSX for applications of level 4 (web, app, db, DC). I use logic, DLR, ESG and DFW switches. I next we intend to use roads static confusion..

  1. do we cover all the VLAN from the virtual to the physical environment? for example mgmt VLAN, level vlans(web,app,db), vxlan transport vlan or it should be only a VLAN specific?  which means would be I have set all the VLANS in environment NSX in my physical switching environment?

  2 vds? don't we create not only 1 vds initially during the deployment of vcenter or more? Should we take any special consideration while deploying to the deployment of the NSX?

  3 static routes - we configure static routes on the DLR and the GSS? Should I use the default routes upstream? on the physical router should we be routing all subnets from virtual environment to the GSS.

  4. where and who should create virtual machines? Via vCenter or before the deployment of the nsx NSX?

  5. we have a level of domain controller. Should it be part of 3 or separate applications with allow any any rule on DFW?

  Thank you

  Sam

  (1) the VLANs which exist for physical Machines span the logical switch VXLAN NSX in the following cases:

  • If the current deployment there are physical Machines in the same Vlan and subnet IP with Virtual Machines. If this common Port Vlan group is migrated to a switch logic VXLAN Backed port group and not possible to change the IP addresses of the virtual machines, and then a bridge DLR (Distributed logical router) works as the conversion between Vlan physical and virtual VXLAN
  • If Conversion of P-to-V of the physical Machines continue on this Vlan

  VLAN which cover only the virtual machines or virtual local networks which cover only physical Machines must not be delayed.

  (2) for the deployment of the NSX, there may be more than 1 dVS or only 1 vDS according to the design. There may be another type of traffic other VXLAN base of virtual machines such as backup, storage, VMotion and the overall design, management, best practices apply here as well.  A requirement of the NSX is a common VDS that spans the entire Cluster. For each Cluster, this "common VDS' may be different. Yet once this VDS maybe a separate VDS dedicated VTEP or VTEP features functionality can be added to the existing VDS. It may be best to separate the VTEP vDS.

  (3) for the DLR, a default gateway is usually sufficient. If static routes are used, the GSS must then drive by default upstream and the static routes with the next hop of the DLR downstream for the subnets in the subnets IP VM logical switch. On the physical router static route to the VM, but also DLR - ESG logical subnets Subnet switch is required. Management of static routes is easier if route summarization is possible, or if necessary, close to the IP subnets, so it may be a good idea to use the dynamic routing such as Ospf or BGP protocol. There are also features of IP address management in Vrealize and other IPAM solutions if Automation is necessary for large and dynamic environments.

  (4) NSX has no functionality in the creation of the VM, it only creates Services network such as switches, routers, Firewalls, Load Balancing. The creation of the part VM continiues the same way as before. A point to note is maybe the logic is created appear as VXLAN named port groups on the VDS. NSX Manager creates groups of ports on the VDS, the only difference is that the name includes VXLAN. The virtual machine is like before added to this group of VXLAN Backed Port settings, or added to the logical switch from NSX Manager interface that appears again as a Plugin for VCenter. VCENTER is so point to create virtual machines and add these VMs to the logic is.

  (5) level of domain controller can be a separate layer, or other third party, may be preferable to upgrade separated except 3 applications. Usually, it's the same design without NSX. dFW rules can help protect the domain controller with allowing only ports of the virtual machine or physical Machines being admitted. dFW rules can apply to VXLAN based logical switches NSX so that VLAN based DVS Port groups because it's the kernel module.

• Need to obtain information from a host distributed switch

  Hi all

  I want to get information distributed switch of a host.

  With the script below am able to get the name of the switch, network cards added to the dvswitch and its status.

  $report = @()
  foreach ()$sw in (Get-VirtualSwitch -distributed)) {}
  $uuid = $sw. ExtensionData.Summary.Uuid
  $sw . ExtensionData.Config.Host | %{
  $portStates = $sw. ExtensionData.FetchDVPorts ($null)
  $esx = Get-View $_. Config.Host
  $netSys = Get-vue $esx. ConfigManager.NetworkSystem
  $netSys . NetworkConfig.ProxySwitch | where {$_. Uuid -eq $uuid} | %{
  foreach ($pnicSpec in $_. Spec.Backing.PnicSpec) { }
  $row = "" | Select Host, dvSwitch, Teddy bear, PortLinkUp
  $row . Host = $esx. Name
  $row .dvSwitch = $sw. Name
  $row . PNic = $pnicSPec. PnicDevice
  $row . PortLinkUp = () $portStates | où {$_. Clé - eq $pnicSPec. UplinkPortKey}). State.RunTimeInfo.LinkUp
  $report += $row
  }
  }
  }
  }
  

  $report

  
  

  But I would like to get the information of physical switch (switch. physical name and port information of each vmnic connected to this host please help to get the same thing.)

  Note:

  CDP information are enabled.
  

  Since you have the natachasery, it would be a matter of using a script like Re: how to get the CDP in Switch Cisco values? for the information of the COP.

• How to remove ESXi host of Distributed Switch

  3 Cluster DRS - 1 x physical, 2 nested nodes in a LAB environment

  I need to downgrade a 6.0 U2 ESXi host and replace it (from ESXi nested in Physics). I am trying to remove the host from a distributed switch, but it seems that I can't do that until I remove it from the Distributed Switch. I can't remove the VMkernel group management ports that prevents me to remove the host from the Distributed Switch. Any suggestions? I guess that I need that migrate to a Standard switch first?

  I am connected to the ESXi host through vSphere Client, migrated the group management to a Standard switch ports, then I was able to clear the host of the distributed switch. I could then remove the host from the Cluster.

• Distributed switch

  Assuming that the new host that is added to the existing cluster is the same server, I have a question:

  If the cluster is using distributed switch, how to set up the new host to use the existing configuration of distributed switch?

  Once the host and the network/uplinks are correctly configured, simply follow steps shon in Add hosts in a Distributed Switch vSphere

  André

• Distributed Switch vs switch Standard

  Hey all,.

  I was wondering if someone could answer some questions for me on distributed switches. I've worked with vmware for a few years now, but believe it or not I've never configured a distributed switch. The environment I work in always used standard switch, and when you're dealing with people who have the mentality of "if it ain't broke...". ', it is easy to become complacent. Everything in my environment is 5.1 incidentally.

  I read various articles on capacity now, but I don't have a test environment to break, so I have to pay attention to any changes I make. I thought it was better to ask those who are familiar with him before deciding on future changes.

  -What I lose any host on network management (what I used with switches std) as soon as I create a distributed switch?

  -Distributed is vCenter wide switching, or can I create several switches distributed by cluster, or only with certain subnets included?

  -What happens when I add a new host in a cluster with a distributed switch? It is automatically get set up with the distributed Switch networking capabilities?

  -Are there pitfalls or problems I should be aware, either when creating a distributed switch or in the day-to-day management of the/them?

  -What is the best thing that I win? Worse, I've lost?

  Thanks for your comments.

  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

  (5) the best thing you can is to have a centralized management and create groups of ports. You have a new VLAN? Need a new group of port? Simply create once for the vDS and it applies to all guests! In addition, you also get control network IO, where you can assign actions to specific types of traffic and other goodies that are not available on standard switches. I would say that you lose much, vDS if you have the license and and a fairly large area are the way forward management. Trying to think really inconvenience but I can't!

  Happy to help you further!