In VMware Cloud Foundation, you add all ESXi hosts in Availability Zone 2 to the vSphere Distributed Switch for the workload domain so that the switch can start handling management traffic until you migrate all hosts to the N-VDS instance.

You configure the physical adapters for all ESXi hosts in Availability Zone 2.

Host

Physical Adapter

Uplink

sfo02w01esx01.sfo01.rainpole.local

vmnic1

Uplink2

sfo02w01esx02.sfo01.rainpole.local

vmnic1

sfo02w01esx03.sfo01.rainpole.local

vmnic1

sfo02w01esx04.sfo01.rainpole.local

vmnic1

Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, log in to vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client.
    Setting Value
    URL https://sfo01m01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local/ui
    User name administrator@vsphere.local
    Password vsphere_admin_password
  2. In the Networking inventory, expand the sfo01w01vc01.sfo01.rainpole.local tree.
  3. Right-click sfo01-w01-vds01, and select Add and manage hosts.

    The Add and manage hosts wizard opens.

  4. On the Select task page, select Add hosts and click Next. 
  5. On the Select hosts page, click New hosts.
  6. In the Select new hosts dialog box, select all hosts from Availability Zone 2 and click OK.
  7. On the Select hosts page, click Next.
  8. Add the second physical network adapter of the hosts to the switch.
    1. On the Manage physical network adapters page, select vmnic1 and click Assign uplink.
    2. In the Select an uplink dialog box, select Uplink2.
    3. Select Apply this uplink assignment to the rest of the hosts, click OK.
    4. On the Manage physical network adapters page, click Next
  9. Configure the VMkernel network adapters.
    1. On the Manage VMkernel network adapters page, click vmk0, click Assign port group.
    2. Select sfo01-w01-vds01-management and click OK.
    3. Select Apply this port group assignment to the rest of the hosts and click OK.
    4. On the Manage VMkernel network adapters page, click Next.
  10. On the Migrate VM Networking page, click Next.
  11. On the Analyze impact page, click Next.
  12. On the Ready to complete page, review the configuration and click Finish.