Hi,
A quick question.
i wanted to run some tests related to netflow, so i will be installing a dvswitch
I would like to add 2 hosts eaching having a single pNIC.
is there any pre-req on minimum number of pNICs ?
would the dvswitch work if a host has only 1 pNIC (uplink port) ? will i be still be able to remotely manage the esx hosts?
Thanks.
is there any pre-req on minimum number of pNICs ?
would the dvswitch work if a host has only 1 pNIC (uplink port) ? will i be still be able to remotely manage the esx hosts?
No, there is no such minimum number of physical pNICs. It will work fine with a single dvUplink without disruption if you prepare the a dvSwitch and then use the migrate vmkernel/vm portgroup wizards while you assign the uplink to it.
Worst case you can still fix things from the cli with esxcli or esxcfg-vmknic/esxcfg-vswitch.
is there any pre-req on minimum number of pNICs ?
would the dvswitch work if a host has only 1 pNIC (uplink port) ? will i be still be able to remotely manage the esx hosts?
No, there is no such minimum number of physical pNICs. It will work fine with a single dvUplink without disruption if you prepare the a dvSwitch and then use the migrate vmkernel/vm portgroup wizards while you assign the uplink to it.
Worst case you can still fix things from the cli with esxcli or esxcfg-vmknic/esxcfg-vswitch.
Yes they would work with 1 pNIC per host. It totally depends on how you want to design it.