hi all
we would like to carve out additional nics in our server profiles so that we can seperate our management network from the remaining networks (vlans)
we have 3 x C7000 chassis, running VC v 4.41
BL460c Gen 8 blade servers
2x physical ports on each blade - HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter
esxi 5.5 update 3a
at the moment our configuration is setup so that every vlan runs through the 2 physical ports.
so we have 2 physical ports and 2 ethernet adapters in the server profile.
Nic Server PROFILE
physical port 1 ==> Ethernet adapter port 1 > all vlans
physical port 2==> Ethernet adapter port 2 > all vlans
this configuration works ok and the hosts are contactable, pingable etc.
we would like to set it up so that we have
physical port 1 ==> Ethernet adapter port 1 > management vlan
physical port 2==> Ethernet adapter port 2 > management vlan
Ethernet adapter port 3 > all other vlans
Ethernet adapter port 4 > all other vlans
I can apply this configuration without any problems and it clearly shows that the new ethernet adapter ports are there because they have MAC addresses assigned. Looking around in VC it seems like these new ethernet ports are setup correctly.
unfortunately this configuration is not working and we cannot figure out why there is no data transfer.
if i was to revert to the original configuration the host would work again straight away...
I have a case open with HP about this and theyre initial findings are that there is a configuration issue somewhere but so far have not been able to identify where.
Could this be an issue with the physical nics being configured to not allow any more ethernet adapters?
is vlan tunnelling required? (this is not enabled)
i thought id ask here to see if anybody has come across this sort of issue before ... if not maybe you could suggest something i should check or try...
im fairly new to VC and learning fast.... let me know if you need any more details.
appreciate any help
cheers