How to set this configuration up is all new to me.
Current environment:
Internal subnet: 192.168.1.x
2 - ESXi 5.5 Hosts. Each with 4 physical NICS
Configuration is attached.
I have a physical server I would like to virtualize but it is in a different subnet.
Alternate Subnet: 192.168.10.x.
Am I right in assuming I’ll need to add a physical NIC to each host and assign that NIC to the VM requiring a different subnet? Or am I way off?
Thanks in advance!
If your physical switches support VLAN s then I'd suggest you think of reconfiguring the ports for the ESXi host as trunk/tagged ports allowing the necessary VLANs. Then create VM port groups with the differnet VLAN-IDs on the ESXi host. This way you can use different subnets on the ESXi host without the need to have dedicated physical uplinks for each subnet.
André
How does you physical network setup look like. Do you use separate switches for the different subnets. In case you are using a single switch, do you separate the subnets in VLANs? Depending on the capabilities of the physical switch, you could configure 802.1Q to allow the use of different subnets on the same ports, and still separate the traffic.
André
The server on a different subnet is connected to a switch port configured for VLAN10 only. (voice)
If your physical switches support VLAN s then I'd suggest you think of reconfiguring the ports for the ESXi host as trunk/tagged ports allowing the necessary VLANs. Then create VM port groups with the differnet VLAN-IDs on the ESXi host. This way you can use different subnets on the ESXi host without the need to have dedicated physical uplinks for each subnet.
André
I agree with the above posters.
If your physical switch supports VLAN's configure a trunk port and do the VLAN tagging on the vSwitch's on your hosts.
Like said above, this will save you having a dedicated physical uplink for every subnet.
goodluck.
How to setup VM in Different Subnet in VMware ESXi
Hi,
First excuse my english!
I installed a workstation 12 player and created an ESXI 5.5 with 2 VMs( a windows server 2012 as a Domain Controller and another VM windows 7 for testing)
My VMs and the ESXI have different IP networks( 192.168.1.1 for the VM DC and 10.30.254.70 for the ESXI) ,i tried the bridging and NATing steel can't ping neither my ESXI or the physical host.
How can i fix that and reach internet from my VMs.
Thank you for your responds!