See the comments below this article is not in alignment with vmware support. Whether it is vmotion with shared storage or sharednothing vmotion, the configuration is the same. Customers that use the nexus v already do so in conjunction with vmware vsphere enterprise plus edition and have the correct licensing in place to make this change. Vxlan capability, cisco vpath service insertion, integration with vcloud director, and a plugin for management and monitoring in vmware vcenter server. Read the article on starwind blog about a comparison of vsphere distributed switch and cisco nexus v switch. The first video showing the configuration of standard vswitch and the second shows the same for vds vsphere distributed switch. The difference of the mtu setting on the cisco nexus v uplink port. Part of that process was to setup multi nic vmotion.
Vmware cisco nexus v virtual network switch vmware in. Hyper v has its pros but the only bad thing is, it is microsoft yukk. At this point multi nic vmotion is enabled, but an important step is missing. How to configure multinic vmotion in vmware vsphere. I had a question last week about multi nic vmotion. Cisco meeting server cms, cisco multiparty media 410v server or. So that brings us to our first main topic, multi nic vmotion. In vsphere 5 a new feature was added that many people may be overlooking. Find answers to configuring vmotion on esxi to use multiple nic. Unlike just about every other cisco physical switch, the ciscos nexus v is a virtual software switch. You are invited to join the community cisco nexus v for microsoft hyperv beta community. Nov 19, 2015 10 thoughts on how to configure multinic vmotion on vss or vds.
Removing the nexus v should be a fairly straightforward process. You cannot move a running virtual machine between hosts that are not part of the same vds you can perform manual vmotion from any vsphere host to any other vsphere host if the vm youre moving is connected to standard vswitches assuming port group names and. Log into the vsphere client and select the host from the inventory panel. With virtualization, network and server domains converge.
The configuration of multi nic vmotion with vmware vsphere standard switch vss or distributed switch vds is simple. Information about virtualized workload mobility dc to dc vmotion prerequisites for virtualized workload. Faster maintenance mode operations better drs load balance operations overall reduction in lead time of a manual vmotion process. This allows for high availability of service for vms running in the vsphere environment and moving vms due to hardware maintenance, updates, or other service interruptions at the physical layer. The configuration of multinic vmotion with vmware vsphere standard switch vss or distributed switch vds is simple. Difference between a vmware vswitch and a cisco nexus switch. The best thing that microsoft ever created was active directory, that was the smart idea that they copied from novell and and made it way better, kudos to them. We have it working in an environment where the vmotion traffic goes through a vmware dvs and it works amazingly well. So after following either of the above guides lets do some checking to see if it truly is working. The nexus v essential edition contains all the rich layer2 networking features to connect virtual applications to the network and integrate into vmware environments, including. As part of a project that im currently working on the vmware vds has been replaced with the cisco nexus v. Vmware vsphere esxi is mandatory for all virtualized deployments of cisco. The cisco nexus v is vmware ready certified and supports vsphere 4 enterprise.
To see how the v is configured for multinic vmotion check out my recent blog post, configuring multinic vmotion with cisco v. This year ive been working on a vmware design for a large enterprise customer, and had various conversations with the solutions team on everything from storage sizing to networking that was one day. Jan 18, 2015 multi nic vmotion is based on active and standby nic configuration. Oct 14, 2011 how to configure a vmotion enabled multiple nic vswitch in vsphere 5. Ppt cisco nexus v powerpoint presentation, free download. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiplenicdvswitch. Vmware vcloud director relies on vmware vcloud networking and security or vmware nsx for vsphere to. Multinic vmotion is based on active and standby nic configuration. By using traffic shaping you can limit the average and peak bandwidth available to vmotion traffic, and reserve resources for other traffic types. The difference of the mtu setting on the cisco nexus v uplink port profile is negligible and should be set to 9000.
Multiple nic vmotion in vsphere 5 esx virtualization. Cross vcenter vmotion allows live migration vms between different datacentres. Aug 11, 2009 this is a followup and enhancement of a previous design diagram in which i showed cisco ucs running the standard vmware vswitch. The good, the great, and the gotcha with multinic vmotion. Cisco virtual security gateway vsg for nexus v series switch, a virtual firewall with visibility into. Cisco nexus v nic teaming and load balancing ray heffer. The niv capabilities of the cisco adapter allow the designer to use a familiar vmware multinic design on a server that in reality has 2 10ge physical interfaces with complete quality of service, bandwidth sharing, and vlan portability among the virtual adapters. Anyone having a vmotion license and at least two dedicated nics in each server host can use multi nic vmotion.
To see how the v is configured for multinic vmotion check out my recent blog post. I reached out to cisco to see if they have any information but i figured i would ask. Example architectural decision vmotion configuration for cisco ucs. This chapter describes the virtualized workload mobility dc to dc vmotion feature of the cisco nexus. If you have a environment where you have 2 or more dedicated uplinks reserved for vmotion you can double the total bandwidth available by using this option. Do not bring up any new vms or vmotion vms that are hosted on any vems corresponding to the vsm that is being. Different kinds of cisco networking architectures in vmware virtual infrastructure. Cisco ucs vic overview multiple separate interfaces ideal for. From the documentation i have, we need to create additional vmk groups. The first chassis in the nexus 7000 family is a 10slot chassis with two supervisor engine slots and eight io module slots at the front, as well as five crossbar switch fabric modules at the rear. Provide an ip address on the same ip subnet as the existing vmotion vmkernel adapter, click next, and then click finish to create the adapter. Comparing vsphere distributed switch and cisco nexus v. The cisco nexus series switches are modular and fixed port network switches designed for the data center.
Jul 16, 2012 with vsphere 5 you can now split single or multiple vmotion streams over multiple nics. Disconnect vum from the internet so it cannot download cisco patch metadata when it starts. Multinic vmotion is a feature introduced in vsphere 5. Today, vmotion can run and use up to 16 network adapters or up to 4 10gbbs network adapter nic.
If you are not familiar with setting up multi nic vmotion both vmware and duncan epping have fantastic posts on how to do so. Vmware networking cisco vnlink nexus v vmware pts cisco. If having spare nics we could use up to 16 gigabit cards and four 10 gbit nics just for vmotion. In vsphere 5 we have support for using multiple vmkernel ports enabled for vmotion. At this time vmware support recommends using activestandby for multinic vmotion fail. Comparing vsphere distributed switch and cisco nexus v switch. Cisco nexus v increase operational efficiency virtualizing. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiplenicdvswitch in vsphere 5. Obviously, most vmware deployments dont have cisco nexus 1k switches, as its an addon and not part of the base package. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiple nic vswitch in.
Customers who want to buy additional licenses and support for the cisco nexus v after february 2, 2015 can buy those licenses directly from cisco. This host now has two vmkernel adapters with vmotion enabled, each on a separate port group. Nic teaming policies implemented at vswitch and port group level to maximize availability and load. In my case it seemed like the supervisor modules had become self aware and knew i was trying to kill them. January 27, 2016 joseph deep dive, general, vmware. By using traffic shaping you can limit the average and peak bandwidth available. After that subsided more of the focus actually turned to the great new features that vsphere 5 was bringing to the table.
Vmware vsphere 5 host nic network design layout and vswitch configuration major update. Create a vmkernel port for each physical nic being used for multi nic vmotion per host. Cisco systems introduced the nexus series of switches on january 28, 2008. Cisco nexus v does not provide standby nic in meaning as vss or vds does and it is necessary to configure multi nic. The question was if multi nic vmotion was a multi initiator multi target solution.
Jul 07, 2016 when time comes to deciding whether to go with vsphere distributed switch or cisco nexus v it is hard to tell which product is superior and you find many different and quite contradictory opinions. This year ive been working on a vmware design for a large enterprise customer, and had various conversations with the solutions team on everything from storage sizing to. This is a great question and the answer is it depends. All of the problems with multi nic vmotion are present with standard vmotion. This feature addresses cisco nexus across two physical data centers. Unicast flooding with multinic vmotion is targeted to be fixed in vsphere 5.
We would like to use this new cool vsphere5 feature using vmotion vmk ports attached to a nexus v. Home network vmware cisco nexus v on vsphere 5 basic configuration l3 control cisco nexus v on vsphere 5 basic configuration l3 control by mariusz july 15, 2015. Leveraging multiplenic vmotion vmware support insider. Can multiple nics with the cisco nexus v have different uplink. Example architectural decision vmotion configuration for. Jumbo frames and multinic vmotion performance over 10gbe. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiple nic vswitch in vsphere 5. Multinic vmotion is a nobrainer configuration for performance. In those 2 new videos from vmware kbtb youll be able to see the new vsphere 5 feature, which enables to use 2 nics for vmotion. Select each vmotion portgroup in turn and confirm that the active and standby adapters are the reverse of each other.
Configuring multinic vmotion with cisco v as part of a project that im currently working on the vmware vds has been replaced with the cisco nexus v. In an environment where the same cisco nexus instance spans two data centers, this configuration allows you to have virtual ethernet modules vems in different data centers be part of the same vcenter server cluster. Cisco nexus v system management configuration guide. Two 2 vnics will be presented from the cisco fabric interconnect to each blade esxi host which will appear to the esxi host as vmnic0 and vmnic1. I personally think the configuration settings to implement multi nic vmotion is minimal but could be a major problem in larger shops. So that brings us to our first main topic, multinic vmotion. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiplenicdvswitch in vsphere 5 youtube. Feb 18, 20 cisco nexus v nic teaming and load balancing. Hey guys, how to configure a vmotion enabled multiple nic vswitch in vsphere 5 you probably already know that u can use vmotion process to be take advantage of more than 1 physical nic. Anyone having a vmotion license and at least two dedicated nics in each server host can use multinic vmotion. In this post i am once again showing cisco ucs utilizing the cisco palo virtualized adapter with an implementation of vmware vsphere 4. Apr 27, 2011 theres a process that i call ghetto vmotion as well, its more like ghetto storage vmotion.
Nov 25, 2012 two videos showing the configuration of multiple nics for vmotion. Michael explores a not so well known feature of vsphere 5 one of the features many people may not be aware of that was released in vsphere 5 is multiplenic vmotion. Cisco nexus v on vsphere 5 basic configuration l3 control. Meaning that, if available, on both the source and the destination multiple nics are used for the vmotion migration of a vm.
It is quite easy to configure conventional vmware vmotion. More testing needs to be performed to determine the pros and cons of utilizing jumbo frames for vmotion in a multinic vmotion environment. Is it possible to enableadd a vmotion portprofile after the hosts have been migrated into the nexus dvs. Multi nic vmotion is a feature introduced in vsphere 5. Cisco nexus v series automatically provides live updates to all of the virtual ports using that same port profile. This magnifies even further the already impressive 30% improvement in vmotion performance vs vsphere 4. In those 2 new videos from vmware kbtb youll be able to see the new vsphere 5 feature, which enables to use 2 nics for vmotion the first video showing the configuration of standard vswitch and the second shows the same for vds vsphere distributed switch.
How to configure multinic vmotion with cisco nexus v. But in some environments, it make make sense from a management perspective. Its simply quite amazing to watch a vm continue operation and maintain sessions while moving from one host to another. Configuring jumbo frames for use with vmotion in a 10gbe multinic vmotion environment is workload dependent whether its used or not jumbo frames are not the clear winner by any stretch of imagination. After accepting the terms and conditions, you should have access to the community below. In previous releases of vsphere, only a single nic would ever be used even if multiple nics were part of a network teaming policy. Another option is using a single highend switch such as a cisco 45006500 catalyst or nexus 7000 that contain slots which can be filled with ethernet ports and then by design you can distribute among the slots. Vmware networking, cisco nexus v, and cisco ucs vmfex. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiplenicdvswitch in.
Nexus vvem v nexus vem nexus v copies vmw esx vmw esx vm port state to new host 3. Two videos showing the configuration of multiple nics for vmotion. For multinic vmotion can the both the portgroups be in different nonroutable vlans ie. Cisco nexus v does not provide standby nic in meaning as vss or vds does and it is necessary to configure multi nic vmotion following the steps. You must ensure that the vmotion network has at least 250 mbps of dedicated bandwidth per concurrent vmotion session. With the ability to migrate network and security policies through vmware vmotion, regulatory compliance is.
Jul 27, 2012 vmware vsphere 5 host nic network design layout and vswitch configuration major update. This feature provides load balancing the vmotion network traffic over multiple network adapters. I always thought that on distributed switch, the balancing policy should be set to physical nic load that, in fact, exists only on distributed switch and that is considered a better option. However, using this feature to patch and update the guest os is only.
This rule set is applied to the vm vnic and moves with the vm during vmotion 28. I can see theres a kb on setting up multi nic vmotion vmware kb. Jul 26, 2014 in vsphere 5 a new feature was added that many people may be overlooking. Having more than one physical network card for vmotion allows us to utilize them simultaneous, even when only transferring a single virtual machine.
V vmw esx vms need to move vmotion drs sw upgradepatch. While it was relatively simple to do, there wasnt a lot of material out there on. Configuring multinic vmotion with cisco v valcolabs. The good, the great, and the gotcha with multinic vmotion in vsphere 5 jaredbowden september 9, 2012 at 11. Multi nic vmotion allows you to send multiple vmotion streams even when migrating a single virtual machine. With the ability to migrate network and security policies through vmware vmotion, regulatory compliance is much easier to enforce with the cisco nexus v series, because the security policy is defined in the same. Please login to the community by using the account in which this email is registered and then accept the terms and conditions. Apr 16, 2010 cisco nexus v three new features that make a difference encapsulated remote netflow v. Sep 17, 2011 i ran into an ongoing issue with multinic vmotion which has been working successfully until we added some sandybridge cpu hosts to our westmere based cluster. Up to 4 x 10gbs nics or 16 x 1gbs nics are supported. Cisco ucs and nexus v design diagram with palo adapter.
Use traffic shaping in egress direction on the vmotion port group on the destination host to avoid saturation of the physical nic link as a result of intense incoming vmotion traffic. Cisco nexus v and microsoft hyperv compatibility information, release 5. In this article we will demonstrate how to in just a few steps for both the vswitch and dvswitch. Host profiles provide a way to migrate multiple hosts at one time.
Esx nexus v initiator nic nic nexus v nexus 5000 cisco virtual. To see how the v is configured for multi nic vmotion check out my recent blog post, configuring multi nic vmotion with cisco v. Vmotion, the vmware feature that enables live vm migration between esx hosts is one of the major attractions of vsphere and before that, vmware infrastructure or vi for short. Vmware vcloud director relies on vmware vcloud networking and security or. Any idea if multi nic vmotion is possible on a nexus v.
If you create a snapshot, copy the base vmdk should be the larger one scp from the hypervisor if on iscsi, or rsync from the storage system if on nfs, you can do this while the system is running btw. How to configure a vmotion enabled multiple nic dvswitch in vsphere 5 youtube. We would like to use multiple vmkernel ports for vmotion in an environment with a nexus v dvs. Im wondering what the difference will be with a link failure between standby or unused. The vmware kb article kb2007467 is located here and the blog post from duncan is located here.
The esxi vmotion network configuration enables live migration of running virtual machines from one esxi host to another esxi host. Part of that process was to setup multinic vmotion. Difference between a vmware vswitch and a cisco nexus. Encrypted vmotion depends on host configuration, or on compatibility between the source and destination hosts. My original thought was that if i can move the management network onto another nic, ill be able to run the vmotion traffic on dedicated hardware into a vlan separated from the rest of my lan traffic, keeping it. Cisco nexus v does not provide standby nic in meaning as vss or vds does and it is necessary to configure multinic. Oct 14, 2011 how to configure a vmotion enabled multiple nic dvswitch in vsphere 5. Vmware vsphere 5 host nic network design layout and. Vmware vsphere 5 host nic network design layout and vswitch. The good, the great, and the gotcha with multinic vmotion in.
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