6-1 Configure Physical NICs Topic 2: Creating & Modifying Virtual Networks using CLI esxcfg-nics –s 100 –d full vmnic1 esxcfg-nics –s 1000 –d full vmnic2 esxcfg-nics –s 100 –d full vmnic3 esxcfg-nics –l esxcfg-nics –s 1000 –d full vmnic0 5

6-2 Configure Virtual Switches esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch4:64 esxcfg-vswitch –A PortVLAN101 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic2 vSwitch4 VMNIC4 esxcfg-vswitch –A PortVLAN102 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –v 101 –p PortVLAN101 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –v 102 –p PortVLAN102 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic3 vSwitch4 Topic 2: Creating & Modifying Virtual Networks using CLI 7

6-3 Configure the VMkernel Port esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch4:16 esxcfg-vswitch –A VMotion vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic3 vSwitch4 esxcfg-route esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic2 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vmknic –a –i –n VMotion esxcfg-route –a esxcfg-route –l vimsh -n -e “/hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set VMotion” Topic 2: Creating & Modifying Virtual Networks using CLI 9

6-4 Adding a second Service Console esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic2 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –L vmnic3 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswif –a –i n p SCon2 vswif1 esxcfg-vswitch –A SCon2 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –a vSwitch4:16 esxcfg-vmknic –a –i –n IPStorage esxcfg-vswitch –A IPStorage vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –v 33 –p SCon2 vSwitch4 esxcfg-vswitch –v 33 –p IPStorage vSwitch4 Topic 2: Creating & Modifying Virtual Networks using CLI 9

6-5 Chapter 6 Review Questions 1.In VMware ESX 3.5, what is the maximum number of ports that you can create on a virtual switch using the Virtual Infrastructure Client (VIC)? A. 56C B. 504D You need the best network performance possible for your VM, what technology do you implement to do so? A.NIC Teaming on the Virtual SwitchC. VLANs B.NIC Teaming in the Virtual MachineD. Traffic Shaping 3. In VMware ESX 3.5, what type of port needs to be created to support VMotion? A. VMkernel portC. Virtual Machine Port B. Service Console PortD. VoIP port 4. In VMware ESX 3.5, what does the command esxcfg-vswitch –A Production vSwitch2 do? A. Adds a portgroup named vSwitch2 to the virtual switch named Production B. Unlinks a NIC named Production from to the virtual switch named vSwitch2 C. Sets the VLAN ID for the virtual switch named vSwitch2 to Production D. Adds a portgroup named Production to the virtual switch named vSwitch2