VMotion

[risingflight]

1. Hi everyone,

I have created a vm kernel port for VMotion and i have given private ip address lets say 10.1.1.X (VLAN ID=100). This ip address should it be mentioned in the switch to communicate.

or this ip is just internal and will communicate with the management network as i have put the default gateway of the management network. I am confused here plz guide me.

2. I need to create a port group in distributed switch plz guide me.

In standard switch i need to create the port group for each individual host how about distributed switch, is this same way here also.

[rcporto · Accepted solution]

1. Hi everyone,

I have created a vm kernel port for VMotion and i have given private ip address lets say 10.1.1.X (VLAN ID=100). This ip address should it be mentioned in the switch to communicate.

or this ip is just internal and will communicate with the management network as i have put the default gateway of the management network. I am confused here plz guide me.

If all host will have the VMkernel for vMotion in the same subnet/VLAN, you don't need create IP address on your physical switch for this network and/or put default gateway for this VMkernel, but you will need add the VLAN ID in your physical switches.

2. I need to create a port group in distributed switch plz guide me.

In standard switch i need to create the port group for each individual host how about distributed switch, is this same way here also.

To create a distributed port group in distributed switch, just right click in your vDS and create the port group, you don't need create a port group in each host like you do when using standard switch.