Hi to all. I am revising for the VCP5 exam. My infrastructure was installed by a third party and we use Standard vSwitches. Networking is a greay area for my grey matter!
I have built a 'Test Lab' which has 2 ESXi-5 hosts. Each host has 2 active physical nics (0 and 1). Both hosts currently have Standard vSwitches that mirror production. The only diffrence is no VLANS are configured in the test lab.
vSwitch0 (Physical Adpaters vmnic0)
VMkernel Port
Management
vmk1: 172.0.1.1
vmnic0
+
VMkernel Port
Vmotion
vmk0: 172.0.2.1
vSwitch1 (Physical Adpaters vmnic1)
(Virtual Machine Port Group
Production
I have created a dSwitch using the wizard (5.0.0). Number of uplink ports 4. On adding 'Hosts' screen esx01 and esx02 are listed. I am able to expand esx02 and can only see vmnic2 (inactive nic).
This is my first area of 'greyness'. Why am I only presented with vmnic2?
I created the dSwitch using the disconnect vmnic2. I am then able to select 'Add Host'. I can now see Host esx01 (vmnic0, vmnic1). If I select them then hit next I am warned that the virtual NICs marked might lose connectivity unless migrated to dSwitch. Select a destination port group.
I also have the option to 'Manage Hosts'. I can select esx02. I am then presented with vmnic0 and vmnic1 (vmnic2 is already selected). If I select vmnic0 and vmnic1 I am presented with the same warning as above.
So to recap. I want to migrate away from Standard vSwitches and use a dSwitch.
How can I do this when the physical nics are in use on Standard vSwitches.
I hope I have made sense and would appreciate some expert guidance.
Kind Regards,
Phil.