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Multiple VMNICS on vSwitch without teaming or load balancing?
I have a ESXi 5.5 host I want to directly connect to two network connected UPSes to, so a UPS virtual application can see and manage them. Each UPS has a single network connection running to it.
I don't want to set up a physical switch, connect the UPSes to it, and then connect the switch to the host. Instead, I'd like to connect both UPSes directly to the host and add the ports they're on to a dedicated vSwitch along with the virtual appliance. However, when I tried to do that the vSwitch kept trying to team the ports and load balance between them.
Is there any way to add multiple ports to a vSwitch but without it trying to load balance them?
I don't want to set up a physical switch, connect the UPSes to it, and then connect the switch to the host. Instead, I'd like to connect both UPSes directly to the host and add the ports they're on to a dedicated vSwitch along with the virtual appliance. However, when I tried to do that the vSwitch kept trying to team the ports and load balance between them.
Is there any way to add multiple ports to a vSwitch but without it trying to load balance them?
After you have added the vSwitch you can then build 2 different portgroups which you can assign your VMNICs to accordingly.
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Unfortunately, the virtual appliance cannot accept more than one port group at a time, and it needs to be able to communicate with both UPSes.
Use a conventional physical switch
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I'm trying to avoid using a physical switch if I can.
Two vmnics to a vSwich with no lb no team should work
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The problem is, I can't figure out how to set it to no load balancing and no teaming.
There is no option to do that
Does it fail if left to up hash or originating port!?
Does it fail if left to up hash or originating port!?
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It gets weird if I do that. First one UPSes will have connection, then the other one. Never both.
So tell us more about the UPS Application that will not let you assign to it 2 different port groups. Is it not capable of having to VMNICS assigned to it? Is it a windows server or some sort of linux appliance maybe?
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APC standard UPS appliance
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We use the Eaton virtual appliance to control our Eaton UPSes. It uses CentOS, and there isn't an Eaton supported method to add a second VMNIC assigned, and I'm willing to break standard on something so critical as our UPS software.
For the record, both the Eaton software and hardware is really good, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It was actually Andrew Hancock who finally convinced me to give Eaton a try, and I am incredibly grateful for that.
For the record, both the Eaton software and hardware is really good, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It was actually Andrew Hancock who finally convinced me to give Eaton a try, and I am incredibly grateful for that.