First we create a Port Channel and make it a trunk port. If we click on Networking for the ESX server we can see our Virtual Machine Port Groups connected to the 1 vSwitch0 which is then etherchanneled across the 6 adapters.ĥ. If we go back to our Network Adapters for the ESX server we can see each Network port connected to the same vSwitch0.Ĥ. NOTE: This setting is placed on the vSwitch0, before applying this setting check the management network properties under the NIC teaming tab and make sure the override boxes are not ticked and it is using the default settings which is to use the settings of the vSwitch.ģ. For our Etherchannel connection to our Cisco Switch we need to set the Load Balancing Policy to “Route based on IP hash” and Network Failover Detection to “Link status only”. This load balancing Etherchannel trunk that we will be creating is designed to carry multiple vlan’s, so each Virtual Machine network or vmkernel port you create can be assigned a specific vlan. If you have existing network setup on the network cards you must remove them first. I have edited the vSwitch0 properties and have added all Network cards to the same vSwitch and made each one active. At the end of this tutorial we want to have all 6 adapters connected to the same vSwitch and all traffic load balanced across the 6 ports.Ģ.
Currently each port is setup to connect to a seperate vSwitch. As you can see in our example we have an ESX server that has 2 x Broadcom Network Cards and 4 x Intel Network Cards. This tutorial will show you how to correctly setup NIC teaming with a Cisco Catalyst Switch using Etherchannel.ġ.
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