4. Migration
VSS to VDS
Mixing 1Gb
and 10Gb
Hosts
Handling
vMotion
Saturation
vSphere
Replication
Bandwidth
Quality of
Service
Tagging
Load Based
Teaming vs
Link
Aggregation
5. 100% VDS Fueled Data Center
• How to protect vCenter Server and other dependencies
• Toss out the Standard vSwitch completely
Using Multiple TCP/IP Stacks
• Setup a supported Routed vMotion environment
• Migrate workloads from one vCenter to another
Granular Network Guarantees
• Network I/O Control Version 3.0
• Setting guarantees on virtual machines and DPGs
9. • VMware no longer sells the Nexus 1000v
• Nexus 1000v is supported in vSphere 6.0
Requires 5.2(1)SV3(1.4) or Later
• Cisco Nexus 1000v AVS Mode = Not Supported
17. “Discover how easy it can be to begin using the
vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) for all workloads,
even vCenter and other management dependencies”
21. Choosing a port binding type in ESX/ESXi
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1022312
Protecting a Distributed Switch with Ephemeral Binding
http://wahlnetwork.com/2015/01/30/vds-ephemeral-binding/
22. “Gain valuable insight on how to best configure your
VDS to take advantage of the new vMotion TCP/IP
stack for routed traffic”
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30. • Choose destination network when vMotioning VMs
• Can go between
vSS to vSS
vSS to vDS
vDS to vDS
• Note that vDS to vSS is NOT supported
vDS includes metadata that vSS doesn’t support
• Does NOT change IP address
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32. • vMotion VMs from one vCenter to
another
Must be in same SSO domain
• Supports shared or shared
nothing storage configurations
• Even migrates things such as
HA settings
DRS settings
Alarms
Events
33. • Must be on Enterprise Plus licensing!
• vCenter Servers must be in Enhanced Linked Mode
• Make sure you have good time sync of the
vCenters
34. • Can now vMotion across links up to *150ms* of
latency!
No more 10ms limit!
• Keep in mind that this can affect VM application
performance
Do this in non-peak hours
35. “Learn how to leverage the new NIOC version 3
features found in the VDS 6.0 for building robust
multi-tenant configurations”
36. • More guardrails = less fluidity in the data center
• The best designs are simple
• Are you solving a problem?
37. • Places VM’s network adapter on optimal NIC
• Must be able to meet reservation
• Still adheres to teaming policies
Active, standby, and unused
• Two control points
Distributed Port Group (all VMs attached)
Virtual Machine (per VM)
38. • Validation at VM power on
Must meet minimum bandwidth to VM’s network adapter
Reservation is less than the free quota in the pool
• Changes are validated in real time
Violations prevents change from applying
39. vSphere DRS
DRS will migrate when …
• Reservation exceeds host
capacity
• NIC fails
vSphere HA
HA considers the
reservations when powering
on a VM