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Use the VMware vSphere Web Client to create and configure a Virtual Machine (VM) for ESXi versions 6.5 and above.
Perform the following steps to create the vSwitch for management (VM Network), HA (HA Network), and media (PKT0 and PKT1).
Click Networking>Port groups.
Port Groups
The figures shown in this procedure are intended as examples of the user interface and might not match the presented images exactly.
If the VLAN is used for packet ports (PKT0 or PKT1), then the VLAN ID must be 4095. This method is called Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT), where the guest OS handles the VLAN tagging functionality. The VLAN can be used for either PKT0, PKT1, or both. For non-VLAN configuration, use the default value of 0.
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the VM Network vSwitch and then click Add.
VM Network Configuration
Field | Configuration |
---|---|
Name | VM Network |
VLAN ID | 0 |
Virtual Switch | vSwitch0 |
Security | Inherit from vSwitch |
Add Port Group - VM Network
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the HA Network vSwitch and then click Add.
HA Network Configuration
Field | Configuration |
---|---|
Name | HA Network |
VLAN ID | 0 |
Virtual Switch | vSwitch1 |
Security | Inherit from vSwitch |
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the PKT0 vSwitch and then click Add.
PKT0 Configuration
Field | Configuration |
---|---|
Name | PKT0 |
VLAN ID | 4095 |
Virtual Switch | vSwitch2 |
Security | Inherit from vSwitch |
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the PKT1 vSwitch and then click Add.
PKT1 Configuration
Field | Configuration |
---|---|
Name | PKT1 |
VLAN ID | 4095 |
Virtual Switch | vSwitch3 |
Security | Inherit from vSwitch |
Navigate to Networking>Physical NICs to make sure that the associated NICs have a link speed of 1000Mbps, full duplex. This speed indicates that the physical NIC is up.
Navigate to Networking>Port groups to make sure that the vSwitches are in the correct order.
The vSwitches and interfaces must be defined in the following order:
vSwitch0 - VM Network
vSwitch1 - HA Network
vSwitch2 - PKT0
vSwitch3 - PKT1
The use of vSwitch0 is not a mandatory requirement for the management interface. If a server has more than four physical NIC ports, you can assign VM Network to vSwitch1, HA Network to vSwitch2, PKT0 to vSwitch3, and PKT1 to vSwitch4.
Port Groups - Order
Perform the following steps to configure NIC teaming.
Physical NIC ports need to be configured in active-standby mode only while using the VMware NIC teaming feature.
Configure the physical host server with a minimum of eight physical NIC ports so that there is a 1:1 physical NIC redundancy for each vNIC (the VM Network, HA Network, PKT0, and PKT1 virtual interfaces) on SBC VM.
Click Networking>Virtual Switches.
Virtual Switches
The figures shown in this procedure are intended as examples of the user interface and might not match the presented images exactly.
Click the vSwitch you want to configure, and click Edit settings.
vSwitch0
If there is only one uplink, click Add uplink. In the Uplink 2 field, select a vmnic.
You can repeat this step to add more uplinks.
Uplink Configuration
click Move up and Move down to configure the order of failover.
vSwitch Failover Order
It is recommended to configure all four ports with different IP addresses in four different networks. For example: