Direct Connect two ESXi Host with 10 Gbps

[yadhug]

Hi Team,

Is there way to connect two esxi host direct without Physical layer. i have connected cables from host1 to host 2 Directly. 
Status shows 
Created a separate vSwitch, vmkernel on each host. So host 1 vmk adapter IP# 192.168.1.2 and host 2 vmk adapter# 192.168.1.1 subnet 255.255.255.0 . 

since it's direct connect and host links show connected each host connected with Single pnic its like non-routable network with out gateway should work. 

i don't know why it isn't working.. Can someone help would really great

[a_p_]

How do you test the connection?

Try: vmkping -I vmk# IP-Address

Please note that it is an upper-case "-I"

André

[yadhug]

nahh not working even with vmotion stack 

vmkping -I vmk2 192.168.1.2 -S vMotion

[a_p_]

What kind of network adapters/cables do you use? RJ45, DAC/Twinax, Fiber? Did you try to set a fixed speed/duplex?

André

[ESXiClash · Accepted solution]

The solution is to Create each vSwitch to each pnic on both hosts. Ensure the cables are connected properly to host pnic1 resulting in a connection to host pnic2.  Use vMotion IP Stack it will work like a charm with MTU 9000

the mistake i made in my test env is that got little confused with pnic connectivitiy and didnt create 2 vSwitch. After sorting out, When i vMotion in vmkernel.log you can see a Ref, it established 2 connection for Migration. thats a good sign. Based on Storage througput it will migrate accordingly.