About this task
IPv4 addresses are supported on Vblock Systems and VxBlock Systems.
Before you begin
Create a VMkernel distributed port group.
IPv6 is not supported on vSphere 6.5.
Procedure
1
From the
VMware vSphere Web Client Home
tab, under
Inventories
, select
Networking
.
2
Right-click
DVSwitch01-A
and select
Add and Manage Hosts
.
3
From the
Add and Manage Hosts
wizard, perform the following:
a
Select
Manage host networking
and select
Next
.
b
Select
Attach hosts
.
c
From the
Select member hosts
window, select the VMware vSphere ESXi host, and click
OK
.
d
Verify that the selected host(s) have been added to the list and click
Next
.
e
From the
Select network adapter tasks
window, deselect
Manage physical adapters
and
verify that
Manage VMKernel adapters
is selected.
f
Click
Next
.
g
Select the VMware vSphere ESXi host and click
New adapter
.
h
From the
Add Networking
window, verify that
Select an existing Distributed Port Group
is
selected and click
Browse
.
i
Select VMKernel (vMotion or NFS) distributed port group and click
OK
.
j
Click
Next.
k
For the vMotion distributed port group only, select
vMotion traffic
and click
Next
.
l
For the NFS distributed port group only, verify that
Enable services
is unchecked and click
Next
.
m
When the
Analyze impact
window appears, click
Next
.
n
From the
Ready to complete
window, validate the settings and click
Finish
.
o
Select the new VMKernel.
p
Select
Edit adapter
.
q
Select
NIC settings
.
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