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I read/heard that since I use a Nimble SAN, Jumbo Frames should not be used. Have you heard this?
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I read/heard that since I use a Nimble SAN, Jumbo Frames should not be used. Have you heard this?

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I've not specifically heard this, I would check with the vendor.
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I've not specifically heard this, I would check with the vendor.

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I'm looking to see if someone can provide me with recommendations or examples of real world best practices for configuring a smaller vmware environment with vmware essentials plus. <br />
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How would you recommend configuring the vswitches &amp;&nbsp;kernels? We have 8 NICs per Gen-8. The Nimble will have 1 mgmt and 2 for iSCSI. <br />
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On the ESX hosts I plan to go with: <br />
1 vswitch for mgmt/VMs(4 nics), <br />
1 vswitch for vMotion kernel (2 nics) , and <br />
1 vswitch for iSCSI (2 nics). <br />
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1. That was my plan, do you recommend something else? If so, why?<br />
2. Is there an Active/Failover setup i should use to make sure MGMT traffic is not stepped on?
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I'm looking to see if someone can provide me with recommendations or examples of real world best practices for configuring a smaller vmware environment with vmware essentials plus. 

How would you recommend configuring the vswitches & kernels? We have 8 NICs per Gen-8. The Nimble will have 1 mgmt and 2 for iSCSI. 

On the ESX hosts I plan to go with: 
1 vswitch for mgmt/VMs(4 nics), 
1 vswitch for vMotion kernel (2 nics) , and 
1 vswitch for iSCSI (2 nics). 

1. That was my plan, do you recommend something else? If so, why?
2. Is there an Active/Failover setup i should use to make sure MGMT traffic is not stepped on?

small vmware w/ san infrastructure - need recommendations on vswitch &amp; kernel config

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small vmware w/ san infrastructure - need recommendations on vswitch &amp; kernel config

small vmware w/ san infrastructure - need recommendations on vswitch & kernel config