Hi guys,
I have 9 new host I need to setup with 3.5 update 1, but have bumped my head against the following problem.
Is it possible to rename or re-assign vnics to physical nics, I would like to be able to set my new Dell6850's with the same cabling scheme for ease of trouble-shooting. They will all have 6 nics and I came up with a scheme to use the first two (on board) for console/vmotion, the second two (dual port nic) for VM's
and the last two (dual port nic) for DMZ VM's.
As you can see the vnics do not correspond with the physical nics and will throw my diagraming, which is why I want to re-assign the vnics to the physical nics which will be layed out from left to right on the
back of the machine.
I thought about removing the cards and building the hosts, but I read somewhere here that the system may still come up re-assign the ports.
Host 1
Phys Nic VNic Status
0 is 3 Off 14:02:01 tg3 Broadcom
1 is 0 On 04:00:00 e1000 Intel 82571
2 is 1 Off 04:00:01 e1000 Intel 82571
3 is 2 Off 14:02:00 tg3 Broadcom
4 is 4 Off 17:06:00 e1000 Intel 82546
5 is 5 Off 17:06:01 e1000 Intel 82546
Host 2
Phys Nic VNic Status
0 is 2 Off 04:00:01 e1000 Intel 82571
1 is 3 Off 04:00:00 e1000 Intel 82571
2 is 1 Off 14:02:00 tg3 Broadcom
3 is 0 On 14:02:01 tg3 Broadcom
4 is 4 Off 17:06:00 e1000 Intel 82546
5 is 5 Off 17:06:01 e1000 Intel 82546