Scenario 6

Scenario:

You are responsible for configuring the virtual network for the ESXi hosts in a vSphere environment. The ESXi hosts have a standard virtual switch where two vmkernel port are attached, one for the management network and one for vMotion. The virtual switch has two physical adapters attached. You want to configure virtual networking per VMware best practices.

Requirements:

Configure explicit failover for the management and vMotion networks on the virtual switch of each ESXi host to conform to VMware best practices.

Do not remove or add vmkernel ports, vmnics, or virtual switches.

Environment Information:

vSwitch: vSwitch0

vmkernel ports: Management Network and vMotion

Network adapters: vmnic0 and vmnic1

Objective: 2.3 Deploy and Maintain Scalable Virtual Networking

Guide Reference(s):

Scenario 10-6

Chapter 2 - Deploy and Maintain Scalable Networking – Determine and Apply Failover Settings

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Solution

Use the vSphere Client to select Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
Select an ESXi host. Select Configuration > Networking.
Select the Properties of vSwitch0.
On the NIC Teaming tab of each vmkernel port, check the Override switch failover order box.
On the NIC Teaming tab for the Management Network vmkernel port, set vminic0 as an Active uplink and vmnic3 as Standby.
On the NIC Teaming tab for the VMotion vmkernel port, set vminic3 as an Active uplink and vmnic0 as Standby.
Repeat this for each ESXi host.