Comments on: Network Cards Used For My VMware ESX Home Lab

By: msuk

msuk — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:26:48 +0000

Hi,

Sorry I forget to mention it is a Intel Pro 1000 PT card

By: msuk

msuk — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:25:40 +0000

Hello,

I bought one of these cards and it does not fit my ML115 G5. The back plate is too short.

By: Kiwi Si

Kiwi Si — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:13:23 +0000

Hi Kashif,

If it is for a small lab environment you probably only need one NIC and just use VLANs to separate:

- Managment
- Storage (iSCSI/NFS)
- vMotion
- Fault Tolerance (assuming you want to use FT)

Just remember to enable VLANs at all points between the ESX/ESXi host and the storage device/appliance including your switch.

Hope this helps.

Simon

By: Kashif

Kashif — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:59:40 +0000

How many network adapters do I need, I have one on board and dual intel card.

I know I need a port for management, and one for storage, is a 3rd required for vmotion? what about LAN

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