Andre P
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Connecting Hyper V host with 2 Nics to a Gigabit switch and a 10/100 Lan simultaneously
I have a Hyper V host with 2 GB Nic cards
I also have a backup device on the network . They are both on a 10/100 switch which connects to routers and desktops etc ,, ( the LAN ) presently -192.168.x.x The backup device 192.168.x.76 is operating slowly and the network is slammed when it does run .
I am purchasing a gigabit switch .
Cisco SG 200 switch
The goal is : Have the backup device backup the 3 VM's with gigabit speed on its own switch with NO traffic contention with the other switches . The backup device must also be accessible to and from the internet through the existing router ,
I would like the backup device to connect to the gigabit switch and ONE of the nic cards on the host to connect to the Gigabit switch .
I want the other nic card to remain connected where it is for now until the other switches are upgraded .
Can I connect them and statically assign the second host nic 192.168.x.50 on the host and 192.168.x.76 on the device and since they are all the same Ip subnet it works the way I want
or ..
Do I need to configure the second nic with 192.168.Y.50 on the host and the device as 192.168.Y.60
thus turning the Host VM into a router between 192.168.Y. and 192,168.x ?
If I need to do it that way what changes would I need to make so that the Host and VM's can see the device AND the device can route to the internet gateway -192.168.x.1 ?
Haven't setup 2 nics in one computer before
I also have a backup device on the network . They are both on a 10/100 switch which connects to routers and desktops etc ,, ( the LAN ) presently -192.168.x.x The backup device 192.168.x.76 is operating slowly and the network is slammed when it does run .
I am purchasing a gigabit switch .
Cisco SG 200 switch
The goal is : Have the backup device backup the 3 VM's with gigabit speed on its own switch with NO traffic contention with the other switches . The backup device must also be accessible to and from the internet through the existing router ,
I would like the backup device to connect to the gigabit switch and ONE of the nic cards on the host to connect to the Gigabit switch .
I want the other nic card to remain connected where it is for now until the other switches are upgraded .
Can I connect them and statically assign the second host nic 192.168.x.50 on the host and 192.168.x.76 on the device and since they are all the same Ip subnet it works the way I want
or ..
Do I need to configure the second nic with 192.168.Y.50 on the host and the device as 192.168.Y.60
thus turning the Host VM into a router between 192.168.Y. and 192,168.x ?
If I need to do it that way what changes would I need to make so that the Host and VM's can see the device AND the device can route to the internet gateway -192.168.x.1 ?
Haven't setup 2 nics in one computer before
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Patri
Do I not engage the second nic ?
iis its just plugging the existing nic to gigabit switch doesn't that just combine all the lan traffic on one card ?
I would prefer the backup traffic to happen on the second nic if possible.
Can I plug both into the GB switch ?
I am thinking I have 2 NICs why use just one ?
ami I wrong ?
Do I not engage the second nic ?
iis its just plugging the existing nic to gigabit switch doesn't that just combine all the lan traffic on one card ?
I would prefer the backup traffic to happen on the second nic if possible.
Can I plug both into the GB switch ?
I am thinking I have 2 NICs why use just one ?
ami I wrong ?
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cool!
maybe this is way simpler than I thought .. So Router, Other switch ,Backup Device, Both GB NIC cards into GB switch power and go ?
maybe this is way simpler than I thought .. So Router, Other switch ,Backup Device, Both GB NIC cards into GB switch power and go ?
Correct.
So basically you want to create a backup lan Next to the normal lan correct?
You can do it but i would introducé the new Gb switch to the excisting infrastructure, connect the hypervisor and the backup device to this switch so heavy traffic wont congest the normal lan.
Else you could create a seperate vlan on the router, connect the gb switch to this configured port and configure the second nic with the new subnet config, create a new virtual switch in hyperV and add the new virtual nic to al vms. Sounds more complicated the necesarry.
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