Management summary: Make sure your NSX Controller is connected a distributed vSwitch instead of the standard vSwitch
During the install process of NSX, my envir... Read More...
This article provides you an overview of the steps required to setup a Multi-NIC vMotion configuration on an existing distributed Switch with the vSphere 5.1 we... Read More...
Some customers use iSCSI initiators inside the Guest OS to connect directly to a datastore on the array or using an NFS client inside the Guest OS to access rem... Read More...
vSwitch configuration and load-balancing policy selection are major parts of a virtual infrastructure design. Selecting a load-balancing policy can have impact ... Read More...
One setting most admins get caught off-guard is vSwitch Failback setting in combination with HA. If the management network vSwitch is configured with Active/Sta... Read More...
In vSphere 4.1 a new network Load Based Teaming (LBT) algorithm is available on the distributed virtual switch dvPort groups. The option “Route based on physica... Read More...
During the test of the Cisco Nexus 1000V the customer deleted the VSM first without removing the DVS using commands from within the VSM, ending up with an orpha... Read More...
My background is Fibre Channel and beginning 2009 I implemented a large iSCSI environment. The “other” storage protocol supported by VMware, NFS, is rather unkn... Read More...
In my first post I had a question about the path data travels when sent to a “standby” virtual connect module.
To quote my own question :
“What will happen if t... Read More...