Configuring VSAN networking on an existing switch

Note

If you need to create a new standard switch for VSAN traffic, please skip this recipe and go back to the previous recipe, Configuring VSAN networking on a new standard switch.

Networking is the glue that holds the VSAN distributed storage nodes together. To permit redundancy, storage delivery, policy management, and so on, a robust and properly-configured network is key. From within vSphere, VSAN is enabled on a network interface as a service. If you are familiar with creating and enabling vMotion, management, and fault tolerance interfaces, you are already familiar with this process!

This recipe will cover the creation of a new VMkernel network interface in an existing vSwitch or dvPortGroup.

Getting ready

• You should be logged in to the vSphere Web Client as an administrator or user, authorized to alter cluster-level settings and networking

• There should be physical 1GbE or 10GbE interfaces available for use by VSAN

• You should have a unique...