vSphere distributed switch
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VMware
vSphere Distributed Switch Configuration and Best Practices Guide
VMware vSphere has many advanced networking features as part of the solution. These allow VIadmins to configure just about any setting they need for their network. By default, the vSphere Standard Switch is the default network configuration that comes “out…
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Networking
Change ESXi Management IP Address and VLAN on vSphere Distributed Switches VDS
As I have posted the last few days, I have been undertaking some home lab network redesign and moving a few things around. This includes carving out a proper management network for my vSphere environment. When you are moving IP…
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vSAN
Change IP ESXi for vSAN host with VDS
I am doing a bit of network redesign in the home lab (a new post to come on that soon), for better manageability and security practices. With that being said, I had the need to move ESXi management IPs to…
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Networking
What is the vSphere Distributed Switch Health Check?
VMware vSphere networking can often be plagued by misconfigurations and other settings that can cause issues in your vSphere environment. Even though the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) helps to eliminate many of the issues that can come about with the…
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NSX-T
What is the VMware NSX-T Virtual Distributed Switch N-VDS Deployment and Migration
The virtual network switches in VMware vSphere are the component of the virtual infrastructure that performs the heavy lifting of getting packets im and out of the vSphere virtual environment. Over the course of the evolution of VMware vSphere, VMware…
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vSAN
Configure Network I/O Control NIOC with vSAN vSphere Distributed Switch
Recently, in the home lab, I wanted to move to converged networking with vSphere Distributed Switch on my “production” vSAN cluster running my various home lab resources (nested, etc). Prior to this, I was running two vSphere Standard Switches on…
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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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NSX
Create VMware vSphere Distributed Switch VDS for NSX Data Center
In deploying a VMware NSX environment, one of the first things that you will want to do is create vSphere Distributed Switches for the hosts in the environment to use with NSX. In fact, the NSX vSwitch is based on…
