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Tag Archives: networking
vRealize Network Insight with E/W or N/S
tl/dr: RFC1918 (private) addresses are categorized as E/W by VRNI by default, non-RFC1918 (public) addresses are categorized as N/S by default. You can flag private as N/S or public as E/W to ensure the reports reflect your environment. Looking over the … Continue reading
VMware NSX-T Quick Hits
NSX-T(ransformers) is a multi-hypervisor (ESX/KVM) cousin of NSX-V. Same SKU (if you own NSX-V 6.x, you own NSX-T 2.x). One NSX-T Manager can have multiple vCenters as “Compute endpoints” Standalone HTML5 client (not WebClient) NSX-T Edges can be VMs or … Continue reading
Posted in Network, NSX, Security, Virtualization, VMware Tagged networking, NSX, NSX-T Leave a comment
Free NSX books from VMware
VMware NSX Micro-segmentation: Day 1 Guide VMware NSX Micro-segmentation: Day 2 Guide VMware Operationalizing NSX Automating NSX for vSphere with PowerNSX
vSphere5: Setting the Observed IP Range
Update: I found a new free method. Assuming you have Windows, run “ping xxx.xxx.xxx.255 -t” (or whatever the broadcast IP is for your subnet – try the online calculator if you’re not sure). The result is identical to the pay-for tool above. Note … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Network, Virtualization, VMware Tagged ESXi, IP, networking, vSphere 2 Comments
NetApp FAS2xxx / FAS3xxx 2 NIC Ethernet scheme
The NetApp FAS2020 was a pretty popular array, it had a very low price point, came with a lot of software and could handle a decent workload. The main problem was the lack of connectivity, a problem shared with many … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, NetApp, Storage, Virtualization Tagged iSCSI, NetApp, networking, switch, VLAN 1 Comment
Jumbo vs Flow Control
Don’t forget to check your Ethernet switches for Jumbo vs Flow Control support and recommendations – and double check your config to make sure it matches. Some switches support both, some prefer one over the other – or you might … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, NetApp, Storage, Virtualization, VMware Tagged ESXi, HP switch, iSCSI, NetApp, networking, performance, troubleshoot, vmware, vSphere5 1 Comment
