connect esxi hosts by lan

[holodog]

Hello, and sorry for my bad english )

i Have phisical servers, with pretty identical config (8core, 32ram, 6Tb hdd, 2 lan cards)

on every host i have a esxi installed, and every 1 lan card is connected to local switch

1 - 192.168.1.5 (managment net) dns name esxi1.domain; def GW : 192.168.50.1

2 - 192.168.1.6 (managment net) dns name esxi2.domain; def DW : 192.168.50.1

For now i'm installed vcsa, and learning DRS and other stuff.

Thing is, that is a standart gigabit cards, and my team are often need to move VM's from host to host, witch make a long copy procedure by lan.

Is it possible to connect this 2 esxi host by second lan cards, directly. and use that connection to VM migrations ?

All configs are pretty simple, no vLans and other things.

[SureshKumarMuth]

Yes, you can do. However, you have to configure additional vmkernel port group for vmotion traffic.

follow the steps given below on each ESXi host.

1. Add second NIC on each host and connect them via cable.

2. Create a new vSwitch, add the second network adapter to this vswitch.

3. Create a new vmkernel port group , provide IP for vmotion network

4. enable vmotion on the vmkernel port group,so that in future vmotion traffic will go via this vmkernel port group.

5. Uncheck the vmotion option from your existing management vmkernel portgroup.

6. Do a test ping from one ESXi to another

vmkping -I <new vmk> <destination vmotion IP>

7. Try migrating a test VM and check if it is working.