HA with just one phys. NIC?

[janinegeffken]

Hi!

First, I'm pretty new with VMWare, 2. i hope that's the right place to ask.

I have a Testenvironment with one ESXi 6.5 Server on where i build a nested ESXi environment for clustertesting. Now I have the Problem, that this phys. Server has just 1 phys. NIC.

I like to know if it is possible to simulate a 2nd phys. NIC/"clone" the existing one. I just need it for testing and i don't have a 2nd phys. NIC.

Thanks,

Janine

[vembutech1]

It is not necessary to have more than one NIC to achieve HA. You can configure HA with the same NIC that is configured for VMkernel also. It is a best practice to use a separate NIC for HA and FT. For testing and lab scenario one physical NIC is enough.

But you require a vCenter server and shared storage or vSAN

[rcporto]

Since you're using a nested ESXi host, you can add how many network adapter you want to the ESXi virtual machine, that is not limited by the number of physical adapter.

[janinegeffken]

Hi,

Maybe I don't get it, but I try to explain my concrete scenario:

I have a vSwitch0;the Management Networt, the VM Network and 2 vMotion Portgroups. Also the one physical Uplink NIC with the vmnic0 Adapter.

Now I want to configurate Teamning and Failover for the two vMotion Portgroups. But with just 1 uplink I can't configure active and standby adapters reverse for each portgroup, whether there is just one NIC to choose, naturally...I don't know whether I have a base understanding-problem or not but how can I manage that?

thanks,

Janine