can we attach one physical nic to two switches?

[dkddar]

Can we attaching one physical nic to two switches in ESX 4.0

[AWo]

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As far as I know, no.

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[AWo]

If you open the dialog where you add a physical adapter to a vSwitch you'll find a note that if you choose an adapter which is already assigned to a different vSwitch, that adapter will be moved.

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[AntonVZhbankov]

No. If you need connectivity for both vSwitches and only one NIC then you should connect NIC to on switch and create router VM connected to both switches.

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[swiftangelus]

I agree, this is not possible. But you can have more than one port group in a vSwitch that will allow All VMs to use the single NIC. I presume you need this for VM separation? Using different port groups with VLANs will allow this with security.