Hello fellow members
I have installed 1 HP DL380p Gen8 with vmware ESXi 5.5.
I have 1 Virtual Machine port group with 2 VMNICs – vmnic0 and vmnic1 connecting 2 Virtual Machines. If i TEAM the NICs, One VM (selected) at random is able to PING to the gateway while the 2nd VM is not. ESXTOP in this case, does not show the Physical NIC that each VM connects to but says ‘all’ under Team-PNIC.
If i break the Team and use only vmnic0 – none of the VMs connet to the gateway. If i create the vSwitch with only vmnic1 as the usable NIC (vminc0 – unused) – again only 1 VM (selected at random) is able to PING the gateway while the other is not (and both VMs are using vmnic1 as the uplink to the vNICs).
The Physical ESX host connects to a Cisco 2950 Catalyst Switch.
Can you please advise where do i go from here ? It could be an issue with the VLAN when it comes to vmnic0 (since none of the VMs are able to connect via this vmnic) but what’s going on with vmnic1 (One VM at random connects while the other doesnot) .. ?
I have tried multiple forums with no luck. :smileyconfused:
Managed to resolve this one -
Everything seems to be working fine now.
Cheers for all the inputs !
To troubleshoot we will need additional information - is the same VM that can communicate on the network? When both VMs are powered on are you able they able to ping each other? Can you provide screen shots of the vswitch configuration and the IP configuration of the VMs 0
This sounds like a VLAN tagging issue. Test different cases by pinging each other VMs. And also check if it's the same VM that is connecting in both cases. Maybe the issue is with the gateway configuration on the VMs too. Talk to Ur network team and get these things cleared. And also provide more info as Weinstein mentioned.
If you can't ping your gateway, then there is either a config mismatch on the physical switch, or the virtual switch.
Hello Everyone
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Welcome to the communities.
please share firewall details .
I do not have the answer, however if it makes you feel any better I didn't have much luck with ESXi 5.5 either. My VMKs were pingable however the ISCSI kept crashing the host
A couple of things to try:
Hi Emily
Here are the firewall details (although i wouldn't think a firewall will block 1 Virtual Machine and allow the 2nd one on the same ESX host and the same vSwitch)
Hi SilverNZ
I noticed that your VMKs are on the same network and they're labelled ISCSI1 and ISCSI2. I'm assuming they're on a /16(the same as your VMs)?. If you're planning to use them for a software ISCSI iniator, it would be best to separate the VMKs out(if your ISCSI unit has more than one initiator). Vmware recommend keeping them on different networks
Just to confirm I have read everything correctly:
As a test, can you remove the unused adapter from your teamed vswitch and try again?
Also, a firewall shouldn't block the traffic as everything looks like it is on the same subnet. Unless your router/firewall has separated it out in some weird way, it should be fine
Managed to resolve this one -
Everything seems to be working fine now.
Cheers for all the inputs !