error on console after adding second vSwitch.

[mla_]

Hello,

the message on console appears after:

I added second virtual switch with vmkernel and service console and attached open filer storage to esx.

What happened and what should be done in order to fix this?

The interesting part that it not prevent me to access esx by even on console it shows 0.0.0.0 (this machine?)

Note: this is a lab setup.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Sounds like you may have an IRQ issue.

Look through /var/log/vmkernel for errors as well as the BIOS for any IRQ issues.

Does this happen only after you add the second 'SC'?

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

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[mla_]

Edward,

I attach the log file.

The same error on console of both servers after adding second service console and Open Filer.

About IRQs... Those 2 ESXs are running smoothly in VMWare Worksattion(8GB RAM). May be this is the problem. For now it looks like cosmetical error because it not affects anything (for now

I want to go further and try HA and DRS.

May be you can find something in log. During boot I saw vmfs2 couldn't be found....

Thanks,

Michael.

[Texiwill]

Hello,

About IRQs... Those 2 ESXs are running smoothly in VMWare Worksattion(8GB RAM). May be this is the problem. For now it looks like cosmetical error because it not affects anything (for now

Ah, did you create different LAN segments within Workstation for the Storage network.

May be you can find something in log. During boot I saw vmfs2 couldn't be found....

That is not very good, but I had a similar problem within workstation until I created different LAN segments for storage, management, etc.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

====

Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.

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[mla_]

>did you create different LAN segments within Workstation for the Storage network

NO

What to do exactly?

[Texiwill]

Hello,

First you will need to make a team, when you make a team of your ESX servers and Openfiler server you can then create LAN segments, I use 4. One for Management, one for Storage, one for VMotion, and one for VMotion.

I also added a firewall to protect my team from the outside, act as a DHCP server and allow protected access to and from my VMs.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

====

Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.

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[mla_]

The teaming shoud be created in WS? Correct?

>when you make a team of your ESX servers and Openfiler server you can then create LAN segments

is it possible to add OF to the team?

[Texiwill · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Yes within WS and yes I would add OF to the Team. I have in my Team 2 ESX servers, OF, Smoothwall Firewall, and W2K3 for vCenter.

Best regards,

Edward L. Haletky

VMware Communities User Moderator

====

Author of the book 'VMWare ESX Server in the Enterprise: Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers', Copyright 2008 Pearson Education.

Blue Gears and SearchVMware Pro Blogs: http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Blog_Roll

Top Virtualization Security Links: http://www.astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Top_Virtualization_Security_Links

[mla_]

Thanks for great tips.

I wil read more on teaming ...and will try...