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‎06-01-2016 11:37 PM

LACP

i have esxi 6 and 2 cluster.  there are 4 x10 gibt nic and we are using just 4x10 gbit nic for management, vmotion, vm network. now while LACP make ESXi configuration management is going down. we are using distributed switch.

why management network is going down and is it enough 4x10 nic for this system ?

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Gaurav_Baghla
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‎06-02-2016 02:17 AM

  • One IP to many IP connections. (Host A making two connection sessions to Host B and C)
  • Many IP to many IP connections. (Host A and B multiple connection sessions to Host C, D, etc)

    Note: One IP to one IP connections over multiple NICs is not supported. (Host A one connection session to Host B uses only one NIC).

  • Compatible with all ESXi/ESX VLAN configuration modes: VST, EST, and VGT. For more information on these modes, see VLAN Configuration on Virtual Switch, Physical Switch, and Virtual Machines (1003806).
  • Supported Cisco configuration: EtherChannel Mode ON – ( Enable EtherChannel only)
  • Supported HP configuration: Trunk Mode
  • Supported switch Aggregation algorithm: IP-SRC-DST (short for IP-Source-Destination)
  • Supported Virtual Switch NIC Teaming mode: IP HASH. However, see this note:

    Note: The LACP support in vSphere Distributed Switch 5.1 supports only IP hash load balancing. In vSphere Distributed Switch 5.5 and later, all the load balancing algorithms of LACP are supported:

    • Do not use beacon probing with IP HASH load balancing.
    • Do not configure standby or unused uplinks with IP HASH load balancing.
    • vSphere Distributed Switch 5.1 only supports one EtherChannel per vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS). However, vSphere Distributed Switch 5.5 and later supports multiple LAGs.

https://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004048

Regards Gaurav Baghla Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer. https://twitter.com/garry_14
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