 izyPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
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kudos:2 | ESXi Lab Setup |
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 XCOMdigitalnUllPremium
join:2002-06-10
Spring, TX | cool setup. |
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sk1939Premium
join:2010-10-23
Frankfurt,DE
kudos:9 | reply to izy
Impressive ESXi ran on those without throwing a kernal fit. I can't even get it to run on an HP DL165 reliably. |
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izyPremium,MVM
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kudos:2 | No issues at all loading ESXi 5.1 on these. I did add a 2nd Intel NIC to each host but the onboard works fine too.
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···33106033
Host on the right I loaded ESXi from flash drive. No cdrom drive. 
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 DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
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1 edit | If you're using the iScsi as a datastore I'd add the following
ensure each host has 2 nics that are each on their own vswitch and don't have management traffic, use those 2 for iSCSI multi path
next after connecting to the iscsi and seeing that it sees 4 paths, set the load balancing policy to round-robin.
Now all 4 paths should be "active (i/o)"
now ssh to the host and do
esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set -d naa.xxx --iops 1 --type iops
replace xxx with the UID of the storage (Its a long alphanumeric string)
this will make it go to the next path for each IO operation, as opposed to the stock of (1000) which will wait for 1000 iops before it uses another path.
Just went through this at work with a TS-569 pro and a DL380 G6
I also enabled jumbo frames on the 2 iscsi vswitches, the 2 nics on the server used for iscsi, the 4 switch ports involved (juniper ex4200) and on the qnap.
Though we're only using the qnap as a backup to store clones of production VM's in case the main sas array on the blade center were to fail.
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 PaulgDisplaced YooperPremium
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Neenah, WI
kudos:1 | reply to izy
Enterprise plus for a lab? |
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izyPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
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kudos:2 | 60 day trial.
»my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcen···re51-ent
Was a nice tool to use for help passing VCP5 test.
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What software did you use to make that diagram of your switch ports? |
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XCOMdigitalnUllPremium
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Spring, TX Reviews:
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| said by NytOwl:What software did you use to make that diagram of your switch ports?
That's not a software. That's how it looks on the vsphere client.
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izyPremium,MVM
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kudos:2 | Correct. From the client open your Inventory>Network, select the DV switch on the left then open the configuration tab for the layout.
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 DrexBeer...The other white meat.Premium
join:2000-02-24
La Place, LA
kudos:1 | reply to izy
I really need to get my ESX lab up and running...maybe one day.
Nice setup.
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to izy
said by izy:Correct. From the client open your Inventory>Network, select the DV switch on the left then open the configuration tab for the layout.
Wish I had known about the DVswitch when I setup the cluster here, instead I just have a vswitch setup and have to manually make sure they match, to scared to mess with it now.
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 AsterixPremium
join:2002-09-18
Nazareth, PA
kudos:3 | reply to izy
Interesting. How do I get the DV Switch option to show up in ESXi? All I see is vSwitch creation option.
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DarkLogixTexan and ProudPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | said by Asterix:Interesting. How do I get the DV Switch option to show up in ESXi? All I see is vSwitch creation option.
You need to make a cluster |
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said by Asterix:Interesting. How do I get the DV Switch option to show up in ESXi? All I see is vSwitch creation option.
Has to be done with vSphere Server too.. Right click on your Datacenter in the client that contains your clusters. There is an option for it there. |
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rlxo
join:2013-06-27
Charleston, WV | reply to izy
Where did you purchase 32gig of ram for i'm looking to do the same for my lab project |
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izyPremium,MVM
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kudos:2 | said by rlxo:Where did you purchase 32gig of ram for i'm looking to do the same for my lab project
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···20231556
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