NIC Teaming On VMware ESXi

NIC Teaming On VMware ESXi

This will show you to how to create a teaming with 2 nics on VMware ESXi 5.0 .

Why we need the nic teaming for a virtual environment?

" A NIC team can share the load of traffic between physical and virtual networks among some or all of its members, as well as provide passive failover in the event of a hardware failure or network outage. " By kb.vmware

Ok Let's start..

1) Connect to your ESXi box with the vSphere Client..

2) Choose the "Configuration"

3) Choose "Networking" from the Hardware Panal

 

4) Click "Add Networking"

5) Choose "Virtual Machine" and click "Next"

6) Choose "Create a vSphere Standard switch" and tip on the 2 nics which are you want to prefer to be a teaming then click the "Next"

7) Click "Next"

8) Click "Finish"

9) Click the "Properities" of created vSwitch

10) Choose "VM Network" and Click the "Edit"

11) Click the "NIC Teaming" tab.

12) Tip on the "Load Balancing" and choose the "Route based on the originating virtual port ID" then click "Ok".

13) Click "Close"

Now Nic teaming is finish !! We can define the TCP/IP information by adding "VM Kernal" on that vSwitch..

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Ref:
- http://kb.vmware.com