Procedure
1
Open a browser and type the following URL:
https://<vCenterIP>:9443/vsphere-
client
You can also launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting
Start Menu > All
Programs > VMware > VMware vSphere Web Client
.
The alternative launch method above does not apply to vSphere 6.5.
2
Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client with the
user account
(VMware vSphere Single Sign-On (SSO) account) or other administrative account with
appropriate permissions.
3
On the
VMware vSphere Web Client Home
tab, under
Inventories
, select
Hosts and Clusters
.
4
Select the first host.
Each NFS distributed port group must be modified for each VMware vSphere ESXi
host.
5
Under
Manage
, select
Networking
, and then select
VMKernel adapters
.
6
From the table, select the adapter with the
vcesys_esx_nfs
listed under the network label.
7
Click the edit icon to select NIC settings and change the MTU value from
1500
to
9000
.
8
Click
OK
.
9
Repeat this procedure for each VMware vSphere ESXi host as needed.
Modifying CoS settings
The CoS marking is leveraged as part of the standard configuration and configured with the
Traffic
Filtering and marking
policy on VMware VDS.
Procedure
1
Launch the VMware vSphere Web Client by selecting
Start Menu > All Programs > VMware >
VMware vSphere Web Client
or open a browser and type the following URL:
https://
<vCenterIP>:9443/vsphere-client
. (The
Start Menu
method does not apply to vSphere
6.5.)
2
Log on to the VMware vSphere Web Client with the
user account
(VMware SSO account) or other administrative account with appropriate permissions.
3
On the
VMware vSphere Web Client Home
tab, under
Inventories
, click
Networking
.
4
Expand the
DVswitch01-A
to view all port groups.
5
Right-click
vcesys_esx_vmotion
distributed port group and click
Edit settings
.
6
Select
Traffic filtering and marking
.
7
From the
Status
drop-down box, select
Enable
.
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