Installation Guide

The figure below shows a visual representation of the recommended configuration for networks.
Figure 10 ESX sample network configuration
Network node
appliances
vNIC2 vNIC2vNICo
Network node
appliances
vNIC1 vNIC2vNIC0
Management Vswitch / Port group
Cloud Data Trunk Vswitch / Port group
dc-mgmt cloud-mgmt external
CloudTrunk
VLAND ID:All(4095)
Foundation
base
appliance
vCenter
proxy
appliance
Enterprise
appliance
SDN
appliance
vNIC0
vCenter
server
Provider Networks
Cloud Data TrunkManagement Trunk
Cloud Management Network
Data Center Management Network
External Network
vmkM vmkN vmkO vmkP
Private Network
Network node
appliances
vNIC0
vNIC2vNIC1
vNIC1
vNIC1
vNIC0
vNIC0
vNIC0
vNIC0
Create the ESX management hypervisor and configure the network infrastructure
The following procedure describes the steps required to create the ESX management hypervisor
and configure the network interfaces. The procedure is based on the information provided in the
image above, but you can modify the configuration to fit your network needs.
Do not begin the procedures in this section until you read the following important notes about
configuring networks.
Table 12 Important network configuration information
Why it mattersImportant to know
iSCSI initiators are set up on the compute nodes, not the
management hypervisor. Initiators check to see which
storage resource on the network are available.
Do not configure the iSCSI initiators on the management
hypervisor.
vCenter Server requires that all vSwitch names on a host
be unique names.
(Step 4)
Standard or distributed vSwitch names must be unique to
each host in vCenter Server.
It is important to use the same names defined in the
hardware profile when assigning the networks in the
Generic names are used in this procedure. Make sure to
substitute the actual names of your interfaces
management hypervisor. If the names do not match, then
network communication errors will occur.
(Step 4)
(ifcfg-eth<ID>), bonds (ifcfg-bond<ID>), tagged
VLANs (bond<ID>.<VLANID>) and bridges
(ifcfg-br-<Name>) when configuring the network.
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Prerequisites
• You have administrator privileges to log in to VMware vCenter Server
Procedure 3 Configuring the network infrastructure
1. Log in to vCenter Server with the administrator user name and password.
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