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VI Timeout's and Network Gremlins
My Console port's are on another VLAN and switch other than my DC which holds the license server and virtual center. Whenever I am logged into the VI my hosts will have issues timing out randomly doing basic actions (like deploying a template, deleting files from local storage)
Sometimes it will work, sometimes it just sits there. Other times I notice the Host graying out in the listing.
I spent awhile with the vmware technical support and they verified my install was good and the esx side of things is configured correctly. I assume its a networking issue, with all the VLAN's and mixed network gear.
The ESX Hosts have no issues when it comes to the VM's themselves, this is just a console port issue. I'll post my whole config and maybe there might be some other ideas and suggestions.
1 Cisco 5510 (aka 5510)
2 Cisco 48 port gigabit 3750 switches (aka 3750A, 3750B)
1 HP pro curve 48 port gigabit switch (ManagementSwitch)
4 HP DL360's with 2 Quad port nics (aka ESX Hosts)
1 HP DL360 for baremetal DC with 2 mb nic ports (aka DC)
Each ESX host is configured:
- MB nic port 1 console
- MB nic port 2 vm traffic
- Quad port nic 1 ports 1-4 are vm traffic
- Quad port nic 2 ports 1-4 are iSCSI traffic
- ILO nic Port for remote access
Both 3750's are stacked together. Port 1 (3750A) is the uplink/trunk to the 5510. Port 3 of of 3750A is linked to the ManagementSwitch(hp).
Each ESX Host's ports are split up between 3750A and B physically. So 2 ports for each quad port nic go to 3750A and the other two go to 3750B. The extra vmware traffic port from mb nic 2 is connected to 3750A.
Each ESX Host's Console Port (mb port 1) and ILO are connected to the Management LAN. This switch also has all the apc, thermal monitoring devices mounted on it.
The DC has two nic ports attached to each 3750 switch at port 5.
Vlan config
Management LAN: 1001
iSCSI: 1000
Servers/Clients: 100
All routing is being handled by the 5510.
Each VM Machine Traffic port is configured:
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/26
description ESX02 L1 VM
power inline never
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100
switchport mode trunk
switchport nonegotiate
!
Each iSCSI
!
interface GigabitEthernet2/0/11
description ESX03 R3 iSCSI
power inline never
switchport access vlan 1000
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
!
DC Connection
!
interface Port-channel10
description DCO1 - 10.100.10.5
switchport access vlan 100
switchport mode access
spanning-tree portfast
spanning-tree bpdufilter enable
!
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/5
description DC01 M1
switchport access vlan 100
switchport mode access
channel-group 10 mode on
spanning-tree portfast
spanning-tree bpdufilter enable
!
!
interface GigabitEthernet2/0/5
description DC01 M2
switchport access vlan 100
switchport mode access
channel-group 10 mode on
spanning-tree portfast
spanning-tree bpdufilter enable
!
Uplink to the Management Switch (HP)
!
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3
description MGMT LAN 1 UPLINK
power inline never
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 1001
switchport mode trunk
!
General:
!
spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst
spanning-tree loopguard default
spanning-tree extend system-id
!
vlan internal allocation policy ascending
!
vlan 100
name OFFICE_LAN
!
vlan 1000
name ISCSI
!
vlan 1001
name NETMANAGEMENT
!
interface Vlan1
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface Vlan100
ip address 10.100.10.254 255.255.255.0
!
interface Vlan1000
ip address 10.100.40.254 255.255.255.0
!
interface Vlan1001
ip address 10.100.30.254 255.255.255.0
!
ip default-gateway 10.100.30.1