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    <title>topic Re: Vmotion/Management traffic  - Standard Switch or DvSwitch in vSphere™ vNetwork Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;Dear Duncan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks alot for taking time to look at my query and for the quick help with an interesting document&amp;nbsp; &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am blessed&amp;nbsp; &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just a few follow up questions after going through the validated design&amp;nbsp; .&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you in advance for some pointers&amp;nbsp; / guidance&amp;nbsp; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Should we plan a different distributed switch for the Management /vmotion traffic or is it ok if&amp;nbsp; we use the same distributed switch with a different LAG for the Vmotion / Management vnics in LACP&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp; Which approach is good&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Is it ok to have a single LACP&amp;nbsp; Uplink&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;( lag&amp;nbsp; ) for both Management / vmotion traffic&amp;nbsp; with different port groups for each&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Should we expect issues while using&amp;nbsp; vmotion / management traffic with LACP&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. As we have a mix of old and new hardware in the same ESX cluster, is it ok for us to start with new hosts in the cluster having&amp;nbsp; management / vmotion in a distributed switch and the old hosts still using them via standard switch&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;as like for vm traffic , can we migrate the old hosts to the distributed switch config for management / vmotion traffic in a non disruptive way&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:39:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>anandgopinath</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2021-01-13T10:39:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Vmotion/Management traffic  - Standard Switch or DvSwitch</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Vmotion-Management-traffic-Standard-Switch-or-DvSwitch/m-p/2822360#M14175</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Dear Community&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is it still the best practise to use vmotion / management traffic ( vmkernal adapters&amp;nbsp; ) on standard vswitch with NIC teaming and standard LB policy&amp;nbsp; ?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We are using Vsphere 6.5 U3 .&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Our current setup is each host has 4 vnics&amp;nbsp; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 2 of them&amp;nbsp; connect to standard vswitch with nic teaming and standard LB policy for vmotion/management&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 2 of them connect to LAG on dvswitch&amp;nbsp; for vm traffic&amp;nbsp; ( lacp on physical network side&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We now have some new servers to setup ( based on HPE synergy&amp;nbsp; ) and wanted to revisit this topic&amp;nbsp; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Appreciate your quick response in this regard&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any advantage of using&amp;nbsp; dvswitch&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:01:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>anandgopinath</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-01-12T18:01:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Vmotion/Management traffic  - Standard Switch or DvSwitch</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Vmotion-Management-traffic-Standard-Switch-or-DvSwitch/m-p/2822468#M14177</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;No, most people these days will go all-in on the distributed switch. I would just make sure that the Management Portgroup is set to Ephemeral, as that allows it to work fine without vCenter Server.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:41:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>depping</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-01-13T09:41:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Vmotion/Management traffic  - Standard Switch or DvSwitch</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Vmotion-Management-traffic-Standard-Switch-or-DvSwitch/m-p/2822470#M14178</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/6.0/sddc-architecture-and-design-for-the-management-domain/GUID-70F077BF-7AF7-4F49-99E1-4A50367D39C3.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIKYAcAWcC2cBOkAECD2GALtgOYZ4CuC2qYAdmCWnHYSAL5A" target="_blank"&gt;https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Validated-Design/6.0/sddc-architecture-and-design-for-the-management-domain/GUID-70F077BF-7AF7-4F49-99E1-4A50367D39C3.html?hWord=N4IghgNiBcIKYAcAWcC2cBOkAECD2GALtgOYZ4CuC2qYAdmCWnHYSAL5A&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:43:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>depping</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-01-13T09:43:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Vmotion/Management traffic  - Standard Switch or DvSwitch</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Vmotion-Management-traffic-Standard-Switch-or-DvSwitch/m-p/2822476#M14179</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Dear Duncan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks alot for taking time to look at my query and for the quick help with an interesting document&amp;nbsp; &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am blessed&amp;nbsp; &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://communities.vmware.com/html/@DCF4E2F7991292CEECF250394DB2C2BC/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Just a few follow up questions after going through the validated design&amp;nbsp; .&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank you in advance for some pointers&amp;nbsp; / guidance&amp;nbsp; .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Should we plan a different distributed switch for the Management /vmotion traffic or is it ok if&amp;nbsp; we use the same distributed switch with a different LAG for the Vmotion / Management vnics in LACP&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp; Which approach is good&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Is it ok to have a single LACP&amp;nbsp; Uplink&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;( lag&amp;nbsp; ) for both Management / vmotion traffic&amp;nbsp; with different port groups for each&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Should we expect issues while using&amp;nbsp; vmotion / management traffic with LACP&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. As we have a mix of old and new hardware in the same ESX cluster, is it ok for us to start with new hosts in the cluster having&amp;nbsp; management / vmotion in a distributed switch and the old hosts still using them via standard switch&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;as like for vm traffic , can we migrate the old hosts to the distributed switch config for management / vmotion traffic in a non disruptive way&amp;nbsp; ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:39:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-vNetwork-Discussions/Vmotion-Management-traffic-Standard-Switch-or-DvSwitch/m-p/2822476#M14179</guid>
      <dc:creator>anandgopinath</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-01-13T10:39:07Z</dc:date>
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