11-24-2009 02:10 PM - edited 03-06-2019 08:43 AM
We have IBM Vmware servers with multiple NIC cards (up to 10) but on the catalyst 6500 switch all the traffic is only going thru 1 or 2 of the NICs
is there any documentation available that covers the setup of both the VMware server and the Cisco switch,
I have seen on various bloggs that on the switch the Etherchannel load-balancing should be set to "src-dst-ip" and “Route based on ip hash” on the ESX Server side.
so it would be nice to see some definitive documentation on the subject.
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11-24-2009 04:33 PM
chrbradf1 wrote:
We have IBM Vmware servers with multiple NIC cards (up to 10) but on the catalyst 6500 switch all the traffic is only going thru 1 or 2 of the NICs
is there any documentation available that covers the setup of both the VMware server and the Cisco switch,
I have seen on various bloggs that on the switch the Etherchannel load-balancing should be set to "src-dst-ip" and “Route based on ip hash” on the ESX Server side.
so it would be nice to see some definitive documentation on the subject.
A lot depends on your actual setup and you choose the algorithm that will give the most even distribution of traffic across the links. Here is a link to the Cisco design doc for VMWare in the data centre which is worth a read -
Jon
11-24-2009 04:33 PM
chrbradf1 wrote:
We have IBM Vmware servers with multiple NIC cards (up to 10) but on the catalyst 6500 switch all the traffic is only going thru 1 or 2 of the NICs
is there any documentation available that covers the setup of both the VMware server and the Cisco switch,
I have seen on various bloggs that on the switch the Etherchannel load-balancing should be set to "src-dst-ip" and “Route based on ip hash” on the ESX Server side.
so it would be nice to see some definitive documentation on the subject.
A lot depends on your actual setup and you choose the algorithm that will give the most even distribution of traffic across the links. Here is a link to the Cisco design doc for VMWare in the data centre which is worth a read -
Jon
11-25-2009 01:56 PM
Jon,
thanks for the document , thats what I have been looking for
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