Administrator Guide
17 Dell FS8600 with VMware vSphere Deployment and Configuration Best practices
6 Virtual Network Configuration
As mentioned in Managing Client Files and Datastores11, segmentation of traffic types is desired for better
management and increased security. The implementation of this approach starts with the vSphere virtual network
configuration, as described below.
6.1 NFS Datastore Traffic Configuration
Dell recommends creating a vSwitch (can be standard or distributed) exclusively for NFS datastore traffic in its own
VLAN with the following configuration:
1. Add the VMNICs associated with NFS datastore traffic to the physical side of the vSwitch.
2. Configure one port group on the virtual side with the proper VLAN configuration destined to include the
VMkernel ports.
3. Add one VMkernel port per subnet to the port group in accordance to the load sharing method on the ESX host
(See 5NFS Datastore Traffic Load Sharing 14).
Figure 8 Sample Configuration of an NFS Datastore Traffic Switch
Set the load balancing policy under the teaming and failover of the VMkernel port group settings
See Figure 9 for sample screen shot of the teaming and failover settings for port groups.