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  • 1.  Is adding a second vnic to the vCSA supported?

    Posted Dec 20, 2011 11:14 PM

    I have a need to deploy the vCSA with 2 vNICs, each on a different VLAN/subnet.  Communication to clients is via 1 VLAN while host communication is via another.  Is this a supported configuration?



  • 2.  RE: Is adding a second vnic to the vCSA supported?

    Posted Dec 22, 2011 06:38 AM

    Adding a second vNIC is supported for vCSA as I have read from forums.



  • 3.  RE: Is adding a second vnic to the vCSA supported?

    Posted Dec 22, 2011 10:11 PM

    Thanks.  I have been unable to find this referenced in the forums.  Could you post a link? Also, I assume that the process would be to add another vNIC via vCenter, locally edit /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth1, then service network restart?



  • 4.  RE: Is adding a second vnic to the vCSA supported?
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    Posted Jan 11, 2012 01:13 AM

    Adding a second nic is possible. I did it by modifying the config file for the network interfaces. I did however run in to the issue of routing. The vcsa cant seem to be able to route 'console" sessions from one subnet to another. Whenever I try to use the console from a subnett that is different than the one where the hosts reside in. I get an error. I think that this may have something to do with the lan they happen to be in.



  • 5.  RE: Is adding a second vnic to the vCSA supported?

    Posted Mar 15, 2012 09:16 AM

    I think that this is a major failing of the vCSA, particularly the fact that the web interface only allows you to configure one NIC.

    Rant/instructions on how to get arround this on this post