We have 6-8 nics in our boxes (either dual or quad port cards) this allows us redundancy on all virtual switches. In most cases
From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:16 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtual Nic's We use VLAN tagging on our NIC's in ESX3.5i which is nice when you want to push multiple VLAN's over 1 NIC or 2 NIC's total and not have to buy a ton of NIC's per Virtual Server. Z Edward E. Ziots Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: 401-639-3505 MCSE, MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + ________________________________ From: Brumbaugh, Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtual Nic's As long as you have Gb nics, I wouldn't buy additional nics for each virtual server. If you are using more bandwidth than that on a virtual, does it really need to be virtual or off on it's own box. From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtual Nic's What is the list's opinion on using network connections in virtual machines? Do you put a separate NIC for each virtual machine or do you piggy back on the internal NIC(s)? I bought a quad NIC for my Hyper V and just split off one for each machine. But for those servers that have more than 10 machines on them, I guess you would have to share... ********************************************************************** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this document. Thank you. Butler Animal Health Supply ********************************************************************** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
