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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.
Create a vSwitch
Perform the following steps to create the vSwitch for management (VM Network), HA (HA Network), and media (PKT0 and PKT1).
- Log on to VMware ESXi GUI as the root user.
- Enter your VMware administrator user name.
- Enter your VMware administrator password.
Click Networking>Port groups.
NoteThe 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.
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the HA Network vSwitch and then click Add.
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the PKT0 vSwitch and then click Add.
Click Add port group. Use the following table to configure the PKT1 vSwitch and then click Add.
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.
Configure NIC Teaming
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.
- Login as user root on the VMware ESXi GUI.
- Enter your VMware administrator user name.
- Enter your VMware administrator password.
Click Networking>Virtual Switches.
NoteThe 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.
- In the Uplink 1 field, select a vmnic.
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.
- Expand the NIC teaming drop-down menu. In the Failover order field,
- click Mark standby and Mark active to configure each vmnic as standby or active.
click Move up and Move down to configure the order of failover.
- Click Save.
It is recommended to configure all four ports with different IP addresses in four different networks. For example: