vmkernel
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NSX
Failed to add a vSphere Distributed Switch VMkernel adapter on ESXi Host
In working with a distributed switch configuration applied to a 3-node nested vSAN cluster in the home lab, I had an issue with the initial installation of a particular vSphere Distributed Switch VMkernel adapter on a particular ESXi host that…
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VMware PowerCLI
Automate vSwitch and VMkernel configuration VMware PowerCLI
As we have already detailed in this post about how we can configure VMware clusters with PowerCLI and the benefits of doing so, the sky is the limit in what we can do with VMware PowerCLI and automating configuration processes…
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VMware
Configure FreeNAS 9.10 NFS VMware ESXi 6 datastore
Many choose to use NFS as opposed to iSCSI in their VMware vSphere environments. Â NFS has a lot of benefits and use cases particularly when we look at the efficiency of NFS. Â With NFS there is no encapsulation that needs…
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vSphere 6.5
VMware vSphere 6.5 Change vmkernel MTU size
When dealing with VMkernel ports in vSphere 6.5 for most use cases for performance, we want to enable jumbo frames on the vmkernel ports to allow for less fragmentation of the packets for iSCSI, vMotion, and so forth. Â Let’s take…
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NSX
Troubleshooting NSX VXLAN jumbo frames in nested lab
In working recently in a nested VMware environment running three clusters and NSX, I ran into a jumbo frames issue with VXLAN connectivity across the clusters. Â I was simulating different WAN/subnet environments using an Untangle appliance as a router in…