Configuration Example

Port-channel configuration for VMWare

RenĂ© Jorissen on May 5, 2008 5 Comments • Tags: #channel #channelgroup #cisco #configuration #etherchannel #port #portchannel #switchport #vmware

I received some e-mails from people asking for configuration examples for Cisco switch in conjunction with VMWare servers. That is why I post the configuration (I normally use) beneath. This configuration enables a 802.1Q trunk connection between the switch and the VMWare server. This configuration requires the VMWare server to use VLAN tagging. The Port-channel … Read More

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Port-channel Cisco vs. VMware ESX

RenĂ© Jorissen on April 4, 2008 5 Comments • Tags: #balancing #dst #esx #esxtop #etherchannel #ip #lacp #load #loadbalancing #mac #portchannel #src #srcdstip #srcmap

I have had different discussions with different customers about the load-balancing algorithms between a Cisco switch, configured with a port-channel and a VMware ESX server using multiple NICs. Our VMware consultants always choose Route based on IP hashes as load-balancing algorithm. This means that load-balancing happens on layer 3 of the OSI model (source-destination-IP). In … Read More