To create the compute vSphere Distributed Switch, follow these steps.
Procedure
- Create a distributed switch named TCP_RAN_COMP_MGMT_VDS.
- Add two uplink ports to the distributed switch.
- Add hosts ESXi_COMP_01 through ESXi_COMP_04 to TCP_RAN_COMP_MGMT_VDS.
- Connect two physical Ethernet ports from each ESXi host to the uplink ports on TCP_RAN_COMP_MGMT_VDS.
- For VMkernel networking, create the following port groups on TCP_RAN_COMP_MGMT_VDS.
Table 1.
VMkernel Port Groups on the vSphere Distributed Switch
Port Group |
VLAN ID |
ESXi Management |
100 |
vMotion Network |
200 |
vSAN Network |
300 |
- You can create an additional vSphere Distributed Switch if you need to configure the SRIOV network with a port group.
Table 2.
SR-IOV Port Groups on vSphere Distributed Switch
Port Group |
VLAN ID |
SR-IOV Network |
N |
- Verify that you can log in to TCP_RAN_COMP_VC and that all the ESXi hosts are in the Connected state.
What to do next
VERIFICATION CHECKPOINT 4
After configuring the distributed switch in the compute cluster, verify the following.
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One Distributed virtual switch is visible in each ESXi host in the compute cluster.
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Two Ethernet ports of the ESXi host are connected to uplink ports for TCP_RAN_COMP_MGMT_VDS.
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ESXi hosts are in the Connected state after migrating the VMK0 from vSS to vDS.
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VMkernel adapters are created for each ESXi host and the traffic services are enabled.