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 Clarification on Vmotion network rules

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jimmyjump75 posted Jan 18, 2025 09:44 PM

Hello,

I have a simple 2 ESXi host cluster. I have a quad port 10GbE NIC on each ESXi host.

I have all 4 NICs assigned to vSwitch0

For management network I have vmnic0 active, vmnic1, 2, 3 standby

For vmotion network I have vmnic3 active, vmnic0, 1 and 2 standby

For VMNetwork network I have vmnic1, 2,active and vmnic0 and 3 standby

Questions

  1. Is it supported to have the management network and vmotion network on the same subnet?
    For example.
    Host 1
    The management network vmk0 set with 192.168.0.10/24 and gateway of 192.168.0.254
    The vmotion network vmk1 set with 192.168.0.20/24 and no gateway set.
     
    Host 2
    The management network vmk0 set with 192.168.0.11/24 and gateway of 192.168.0.254
    The vmotion network vmk1 set with 192.168.0.21/24 and no gateway set.

    I can request a dedicated VLAN for vmotion, however, the question is whether the above config is supported.
    From everything I read the answer appears to be yes however I want to be sure.

  2. In the above config, if supported, are there any rules that the vmotion NIC must be marked active and all others as unused for the vmotion portgroup?