Specifications

VMware, Inc. 15
Contents
Creating!Multinode!Network!Load!Balancing!Clusters!on!ESX!Server 302
Creating!the!First!Node’s!Base!Virtual!Machine 302
Installing!the!Guest!Operating!System 304
Cloning!the!Virtual!Machine 304
Cloning!the!Virtual!Machine,!an!Alternate!Method 305
Cloning!the!Virtual!Machine!to!Another!ESX!Server!Machine 306
Creating!the!Second!Node!Virtual!Machine 307
Configuring!the!Network!Load!Balancing!Cluster 308
11 Networking 311
Setting!the!MAC!Address!Manually!for!a!Virtual!Machine 311
How!VMware!ESX!Server!Generates!MAC!Addresses 312
Setting!MAC!Addresses!Manually 313
Using!MAC!Addresses 313
VMkernel!Network!Card!Locator 314
findnic!Command 314
Options 314
Examples 315
Forcing!the!Network!Driver!to!Use!a!Specific!Speed 315
Enabling!a!Virtual!Adapter!to!Use!Promiscuous!Mode 315
Sharing!Network!Adapters!and!Virtual!Networks 316
Allowing!the!
Service!Console!to!Use!the!Virtual!Machines’!Devices 317
Starting!Shared!VMkernel!Network!Adapters!and!Virtual!Networks!when!the!
Service!Console!Boots 318
Sharing!the!Service!Console’s!Network!Adapter!with!Virtual!Machines 319
Using!Virtual!Switches 320
Choosing!a!Network!Label 320
Binding!Physical!Adapters 320
Finding!Bonds!and!Adapters!in!the!Service!Console 321
Creating!a!Virtual!Switch 322
Choosing!a!Load
!Balancing!Mode 322
Configuring!the!Bond!Failure!Mode 323
Using!Beacon!Monitoring 324
Configuring!External!Network!Switches 325
Troubleshooting 326
12 VMware!ESX!Server!Resource!Management 327
Virtual!Machine!Resource!Management 328
Service!Console!Resource!Management 328
Using!ESX!Server!Resource!Variables 328