Hello there.
I`ve faced unfamiliar situation.
I got scheme like on the screenshot
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Actually each host has 6 nics, not 2, but I think this scheme is ok for example.
These switches are embedded HPc7000 enclosure switches. Afaik they are unstackable, even if they are, I doubt that I have enough skills to stack them correctly. So I got 2 questions:
1. Lets imagine I make port group (in dvswitch) and use it for vms communication only, so the traffic wouldn`t go further than procurves. I set uplink1 and uplink2 both as active in Nic Teaming options (based on nic load). I got some dilemma here: h2.nic2 can communicate only with h1.nic2 (across procurve2) and respectively h2.nic1 can communicate only with h1.nic1 (across procurve1). Lets imagine that h2.nic2 is down, but host1 continues to send traffic via h1.nic2 and miscommunication happens. If I set option "notify switches", host1 will "aknowledge" that h2.nic2 is down and will not send traffic via h1.nic2 anymore, am I right?
2. Wanna use 2 vmnics on each host for vmotion. Will make 2 port groups: 1st group - uplink1 active, uplink2 standby; 2nd group - uplink2 active, uplink1 standby. I guess there is a point to use different network addressing for each port group (I think its not necessary to use different vlan for each group), because of
h2.nic2 can communicate only with h1.nic2 (across procurve2) and respectively h2.nic1 can communicate only with h1.nic1 (across procurve1)
So I will get different routes for each pair (h1.nic1-h2.nic1 and h1.nic2-h2.nic2).
