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Re: HSRP and Redundant networking - recommended configurations?

by Contributor in VMware vSphere™ Discussions
‎10-16-2022 02:27 PM
‎10-16-2022 02:27 PM
I should add that we own the edge switches and can configure them however we wish, but we 1) do not own the access switches and thus cannot configure them, and 2) we cannot participate in the Data Ce... See more...
I should add that we own the edge switches and can configure them however we wish, but we 1) do not own the access switches and thus cannot configure them, and 2) we cannot participate in the Data Center STP - at least, we cannot transmit BPDU's towards them.

HSRP and Redundant networking - recommended configurations?

by Contributor in VMware vSphere™ Discussions
‎10-14-2022 08:08 AM
‎10-14-2022 08:08 AM
We have a redundant switching and routing network which I have drawn here in a simplified form.  Our VM's will be mostly RHEL.  I'm trying to find the best VMWare network configuration that can toler... See more...
We have a redundant switching and routing network which I have drawn here in a simplified form.  Our VM's will be mostly RHEL.  I'm trying to find the best VMWare network configuration that can tolerate the loss of any one switch or router, any one green link, or any one orange link - so that the ESXI and the VM's stay connected. I'm guessing this has been done before by many but I can't find any best practice or networking guide that describes this configuration.  If it's an RTFM issue please point me in the right direction. We currently run RHEL on real hardware using the bonding module (mode=active-backup, arp_ip_target=x.x.x.x) and it handles all the above cases well. Thanks!

Installing ESXi under KVM

by Contributor in vSphere Upgrade & Install Discussions
‎09-21-2022 06:06 AM
‎09-21-2022 06:06 AM
Hi, I'm trying to test some network configurations for ESXi in a lab setting, my workstation is Fedora with KVM.  I'm trying to install ESXi into a KVM virtual machine using the evaluation ISO I dow... See more...
Hi, I'm trying to test some network configurations for ESXi in a lab setting, my workstation is Fedora with KVM.  I'm trying to install ESXi into a KVM virtual machine using the evaluation ISO I downloaded from vmware.com.  I don't have any working vCenter or any other VMWare software running successfully.  When I create my KVM virtual machine I specify an "e1000" device model for my network interface, but the ESXi installer does not seem to detect it:  "No network adapters were detected.  Either no network adapters are physically connected to the system, or a suitable driver could not be located.  A third party driver may be required. ..." Has anybody faced this before, and if so how did you resolve it?