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		<title>A great vNetworking Reference guide!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to BlueGears! http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/7119 How to setup virtual networking when 8 pNICs are involved follows: pNIC0 -&#62; vSwitch0 -&#62; Portgroup0 (service console) pNIC1 -&#62; vSwitch0 -&#62; Portgroup0 (service console) pNIC2 -&#62; vSwitch1 -&#62; Portgroup1 (VMotion) pNIC3 -&#62; vSwitch1 -&#62; Portgroup1 (VMotion) pNIC4 -&#62; vSwitch2 -&#62; Portgroup2 (Storage Network) pNIC5 -&#62; vSwitch2 -&#62; Portgroup2 (Storage Network) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualnetapp.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8348799&amp;post=3&amp;subd=virtualnetapp&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to BlueGears! http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/7119</p>
<blockquote><p>How to setup virtual networking when 8 pNICs are involved follows:</p>
<p>pNIC0 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
pNIC1 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
pNIC2 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
pNIC3 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
pNIC4 -&gt; vSwitch2 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC5 -&gt; vSwitch2 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC6 -&gt; vSwitch3 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)<br />
pNIC7 -&gt; vSwitch3 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)</p>
<p>How to setup virtual networking when 6 pNICs are involved follows:</p>
<p>pNIC0 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
pNIC1 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
pNIC2 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC3 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC4 -&gt; vSwitch2 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)<br />
pNIC5 -&gt; vSwitch2 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)</p>
<p>How to setup virtual networking when 5 pNICs are involved follows:</p>
<p>pNIC0 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
pNIC1 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
pNIC2 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC3 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)<br />
pNIC4 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)</p>
<p>How to setup virtual networking when 4 pNICs are involved follows:</p>
<p>pNIC0 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. -&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
pNIC1 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC2 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)<br />
pNIC3 -&gt; vSwitch1 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)</p>
<p>How to setup virtual networking when 3 pNICs are involved follows:</p>
<p><code>pNIC0 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
..................-&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
pNIC1 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC2 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)</code></p>
<p>The best way to use 2 pNICs is as follows:<br />
<code><br />
pNIC0 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup0 (service console)<br />
..................-&gt; Portgroup1 (VMotion)<br />
..................-&gt; Portgroup2 (Storage Network)<br />
pNIC1 -&gt; vSwitch0 -&gt; Portgroup3 (VM Network)</code></p></blockquote>
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