Hello Experts. I'm posting this question just to get some high-level concept details on how VMWare ESX server virtualizes servers that are dual-homed (i.e. two NICs each connected to totally different networks). My organization is considering virtualizing these dual-homed servers and somehow i was named the resident VMWare expert.
Can someone tell me how VMWare handles dual homed networks? I am thinking I'd have two NICs on an ESX server with network A plugged into NIC 1 and network B plugged into NIC 2. When I set up my virtual servers on this ESX server, I would allocate 2 NICs to each server, but, is there a way to ensure that NIC 1 on my virtual server definitely corresponds to NIC 1 on my ESX (physical server) and NIC 2 on the virtual server corresponds to NIC 2 on the ESX (physical server).
Would some of you experts give me some insight into whether this will work or not?
Thank you. I'll be monitoring this all day to answer questions about my question.
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