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    <title>topic How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts in vSphere Upgrade &amp; Install Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Im new to configuring network in ESX, and I was wondering if this configuration is ok for production.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have 2 physical servers with each 6x1GB nic. The virtual machines are on a fiber san that is connected directly to the HBA on the servers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could I configure the network like this....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Management&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2x1GB (Team)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Virtual Machines Traffic&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2x1GB (Team)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Vmotion&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2x1GB (Team)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Should i create 3 virtual Standard Switches within ESX....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Connection Type: Virtual Machine (configure this for Virtual Machines Traffic)&lt;BR /&gt;Connection Type: VMKernel (configure this for Vmotion)&lt;BR /&gt;Connection Type: VMKernel (configure this for Management)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there something im missing or is this a good solution ? Should i configure each network on a seperate VLAN?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for reply.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;/R&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Andreas&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>OleWeel</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-03-19T16:24:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658184#M30979</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Im new to configuring network in ESX, and I was wondering if this configuration is ok for production.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have 2 physical servers with each 6x1GB nic. The virtual machines are on a fiber san that is connected directly to the HBA on the servers&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could I configure the network like this....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Management&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2x1GB (Team)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Virtual Machines Traffic&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2x1GB (Team)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Vmotion&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2x1GB (Team)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Should i create 3 virtual Standard Switches within ESX....&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Connection Type: Virtual Machine (configure this for Virtual Machines Traffic)&lt;BR /&gt;Connection Type: VMKernel (configure this for Vmotion)&lt;BR /&gt;Connection Type: VMKernel (configure this for Management)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Is there something im missing or is this a good solution ? Should i configure each network on a seperate VLAN?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for reply.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;/R&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Andreas&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:24:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658184#M30979</guid>
      <dc:creator>OleWeel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-19T16:24:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658185#M30980</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Separate vlans are definitely "best practice"&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3 vSwitches are fine, and I set the nics to active-active.&amp;nbsp; I think the default comes up active-standby&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:35:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658185#M30980</guid>
      <dc:creator>TBKing</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-19T20:35:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658186#M30981</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi, if you want, you can use the same vSwitch for VMotion and MGMT, and then configure LACP or Etherchannel in order to obtain 2Gbps for VM Traffic.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;About the vlan questions, you can use multiple vlans (trunk) in the same uplink, this is good for consolidation &lt;img id="smileywink" class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" src="https://communities.vmware.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.png" alt="Smiley Wink" title="Smiley Wink" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 01:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658186#M30981</guid>
      <dc:creator>vJJSosa</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-20T01:35:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658187#M30982</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Actually you need both different VLAN and etherchannel to obtai your bandwidth.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:26:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658187#M30982</guid>
      <dc:creator>TommyFreddy</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-23T19:26:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658188#M30983</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;The easiest / simplest way would be to have it setup like you currently do.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3 different vSwitch's and configure nic teaming. I would configure VLAN's aswell for best practice / to divide the network traffic apart properly.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:16:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658188#M30983</guid>
      <dc:creator>kiraa</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-25T03:16:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How to configure networking on new system 2 hosts</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658189#M30984</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;H3&gt; Connect to Two Host-Only Interfaces &lt;/H3&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;A name="wp1013618"&gt; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: -11pt;"&gt;1. Create the virtual machine using the New Virtual Machine Wizard or use an existing virtual machine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;A name="wp1013619"&gt; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: -11pt;"&gt;2. Launch VMware Workstation and open the virtual machine. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;A name="wp1013620"&gt; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: -11pt;"&gt;3. Edit the configuration using the virtual machine settings editor (&lt;STRONG&gt;VM &amp;gt; Settings&lt;/STRONG&gt;).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;A name="wp1034027"&gt; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; Select the first network adapter in the list of devices, then choose &lt;STRONG&gt;Host-only (VMnet1)&lt;/STRONG&gt; from the drop-down list on the right. Select the second network adapter in the list of devices, then choose &lt;STRONG&gt;Custom (VMnet2)&lt;/STRONG&gt; from the drop-down list on the right. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;A name="wp1034051"&gt; &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; If you need to add one or more network adapters, click &lt;STRONG&gt;Add&lt;/STRONG&gt;, then use the Add Hardware Wizard to add an adapter. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2014 18:08:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/vSphere-Upgrade-Install/How-to-configure-networking-on-new-system-2-hosts/m-p/2658189#M30984</guid>
      <dc:creator>King_Robert</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-03-26T18:08:22Z</dc:date>
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