Network Routing

[sagar666]

Hi guys,

I have a esxi server in that we have several VM's say vm-a, vm-b, vm-c,..etc. My requirement here is when any packets sent from vm-a to vm-b and vice versa should do internally means packets should not go physical switch. Is this achievable? If so please guide me  

[srwsol]

Setup a virtual switch and don't assign a physical NIC to the virtual switch.  Then assign a virtual NIC on the VMs that need to communicate internally pointing to that virtual switch.  Note that without a DHCP server on the subnet you will have to manually assign IP addresses and subnet masks to the VMs for those virtual NICs.  This address should be in the private range and not the same private range as your internal LAN.  These VMs will also likely still need a second virtual NIC connected to a virtual switch with a physical adapter if they need to communicate to the outside world in addition to each other.