Can not add Hosts to VDS

[hennm]

Hello,

i will configure a virtual distributed switch, but i can not add any hosts. i have eight esx server with 3 free NICS, but i cannot add any host. i can't see them to add then now.

So what is the problem? I can nothing find in the documentation.

[AnatolyVilchins]

First you should add vswitch to network, then while creating VM you choose network, that should content at least one network card. Did you made everything in that direct way?

Anatoly Vilchinsky

Starwind Software Developer

[jadaboumalham]

Hello,

you have to logon to your VCenter, click on ESX server then on configuration tab.

In the configuration tab, choose Networking. Then click on propreties, then on /network adapter tab.Then click on add and add the NICS.

After adding the NICs, click on Ports tab and click ADD to add a vSwitch,then choose Virtual Machine, type the name of the Virtual Switch and specify a VLan ID if you are using VLAN or leave it blank if you don't have VLANS.

After creating the Virtual Machine, clik on edit settings,then on the Network adapter.In the propreties of the Network adapter under Network Connection, choose the VSwitch you created.

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[KNardi]

The answers above seem to be related to creating a VSwitch.

We are having a problem adding ESX hosts to the VDS....can anyone help with this??

thanks in advance

[zying]

What license are you using? vDS needs Enterprise plus license for ESX hosts. If you don't have such license, evaluation should also work.