Hi All.
Have 3 servers with ESXi 4.1 in a cluster enviroment with dvSwitch connectivity.
Each server physicaly connected to Cisco 3560 switch (100 Mbs) with four ethernet links.
How can i combine all 12 adapters to reach 1200 Mbs for properly working server vMotion?
No you need 1 gb at least. Why are you limited to 100mb links?
My Cisco Switches are 100 Mbs. It's temprary but i need vMotion.
Last time (before upgrading RAM on my servers) vMotion work with 1200 Mbs in a combination of 12 pnics.
vMotion *does* work over 100MBit, its just REALLY slow.
You would be better off using a cheap consumer gigabit switch for your vmotion than using 36 100mb links. Your cisco can probably only do etherchannel teams up to 8 links.
Right. But i can't understand how it's working before with 1200 Mbs.
You can do this way: use ip hashing as load balance policy for vswitch. This way you can make use of bandwidth.
Good blog to read:
http://kensvirtualreality.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/the-great-vswitch-debate%E2%80%93part-3/
