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okay, so what are we discussing here iSCSI traffic, vMotion traffic?
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Hi Andrew,<br />
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At the moment I'm just configuring the VMkernel so it is for vMotion.
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mpfister,<br />
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OK, so if it is for load balancing, can I do load balancing to fully utilize both netowrk connections for better throughput ?
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Yes,<br />
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Let say it is for Vmotion.<br />
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So is it possible to configure the vSwitch so that it utilise both NICs for better throughput or this is limited just one only ?
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ok, so in my case above, I already configure the correct vSwitch or not for my vMotion using iSCSI network ?<br />
I need some steps to follow.
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You setup the vSwitch the same as iSCSI but without BINDiNGS!<br />
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I mentioned this before in your other post!
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ok, I have found some multi pathing mode which makes both NIC Active/Active<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/1109887/PRNX.PNG" target="_blank" title="Multipathing (87 KB)"><img alt="Multipathing" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/800_1109887/PRNX.PNG" /></a><br />
using Pernix Data Multipathing above, I can see both NICs is used, but only fractions than the initially:<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/1109890/QNAP-BW-Usage.PNG" target="_blank" title="BW Usage (33 KB)"><img alt="BW Usage" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/800_1109890/QNAP-BW-Usage.PNG" /></a>
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This is iSCSI!<br />
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The I/O is indication that you have traffic!<br />
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how many VMs do you have ?<br />
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was is your expectations ?
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Yes it is iSCSI.<br />
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so far only 2 VMs running. Those graphs above was generated while I'm performing svMotion.<br />
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My expectations, is it possible to fully utilize both iSCSI connection to improve the svMotion speed ?
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People,<br />
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I have followed the steps to create the iSCSI network connection as per: <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9250/HOW-TO-Add-an-iSCSI-Software-Adaptor-and-Create-an-iSCSI-Multipath-Network-in-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-5-0.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9250/HOW-TO-Add-an-iSCSI-Software-Adaptor-and-Create-an-iSCSI-Multipath-Network-in-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-5-0.html</a><br />
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Butas you can see below, only one NIC that is used and it is just 116 MB/s ?<br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/1109620/PG.PNG" target="_blank" title="Speed on the QNAP TVS-471 NAS (25 KB)"><img alt="Speed on the QNAP TVS-471 NAS" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/800_1109620/PG.PNG" /></a><br />
I've configured the Jumbo frame as per this article and also set the vSwich accordingly: <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9132/HOW-TO-Enable-Jumbo-Frames-on-a-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-5-0-host-server-using-the-VMware-vSphere-Client.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9132/HOW-TO-Enable-Jumbo-Frames-on-a-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-5-0-host-server-using-the-VMware-vSphere-Client.html</a><br />
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/1109621/NICs.png" target="_blank" title="NIC configuration (81 KB)"><img alt="NIC configuration" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w32/800_1109621/NICs.png" /></a> <br />
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How to fully utilize the both network connections for vmotion ?
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People,

I have followed the steps to create the iSCSI network connection as per: https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9250/HOW-TO-Add-an-iSCSI-Software-Adaptor-and-Create-an-iSCSI-Multipath-Network-in-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-5-0.html

Butas you can see below, only one NIC that is used and it is just 116 MB/s ?



I've configured the Jumbo frame as per this article and also set the vSwich accordingly: https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/9132/HOW-TO-Enable-Jumbo-Frames-on-a-VMware-vSphere-Hypervisor-ESXi-5-0-host-server-using-the-VMware-vSphere-Client.html

 

How to fully utilize the both network connections for vmotion ?

Why vMotion in ESXi 5.5 not using 2x NIC assigned as iSCSI network ?

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