Thanks for putting this out there, Jess. I'm implementing 10G right now - just got it all wired, tried to add uplinks to existing port, and was left wondering if/how path selection between 1G vs 10G was going to happen (I don't think it was), so I'm about to repeat your steps - it's a time saver, thanks again!
@@JeffreyRiggsI was able to get it to work, got a different IP address on each Esxi host, with the 10gb card, I have ordered a MikroTik CRS305 switch that has 4 sfp+ ports and hope to get it next week and working on getting a sfp + card for my Dell 8930 workstation., I really appreciate your help on this
i did this a while ago... where are you seeing the 2.5gb speeds in my video? Sorry really swamped right now and figured if you can point me to where in the video, i can jump to it and take a peek and see if i have any insight.
Hi Jeff, I was curious if you would be able to recommend a sfp+ nic card, that's compatible with 6.7 with a decent cost? Their site's comparability guide is atrocious. Ty for the vid on the setup, i got to pick up a few tips.
sorry... I do not know what sfp+ nic card is compatible. All I know is that InfiniBand cards wont run at InfiniBand speeds if they are older cards. I have the ConnectX-1 cards with CX4 port. VERY old... but for $75 im up and running on 6 ports and a switch.
Hi, I found your video on searching for aadd a 10gbe dualport card to my esxi6.7. I´ve working in past with four 1gbe ports from motherboard and will speed up my system. On my esxi there is vcenter, nappit fileserversystem (like freenas) and one windows admin VM. A really tiny fileserver station and admin server for other hosts. I´ve bought one dualport 10gbe SFP+ card and place this in my server. esxi1 will see the two ports (with elxnet drivers automaticly). Now I thought, I must add these to my standard vSwitch0 on top. But it won´t work. All traffic went to the 1gbe ports. When I replace all four 1gbe to the two 10gbe, I won´t be able to connect. So is it really necessary to add a second vmkernel and 10gbeSwitch? Can I add one or two 1gbe ports as failover and standby mode inside the 10gbeSwitch? Nice video and in basic, its the same I will do in my system. Must I config my nappit new? I don´t think, because all net traffic is in same subnet and same 192.168.196.xxx network with one Gateway/DNS server. Greets, Thomas
Thank you sir, just got done adding dual 10gig nic to my host and got my VMs connected!
Thanks for putting this out there, Jess. I'm implementing 10G right now - just got it all wired, tried to add uplinks to existing port, and was left wondering if/how path selection between 1G vs 10G was going to happen (I don't think it was), so I'm about to repeat your steps - it's a time saver, thanks again!
Thanks Jeff, I will be working on this over the weekend after I knock out my weekend chores. I appreciate your help on this.
and?
i am now able to ping my vms - each guest.. and from guest to physicals... so its fully working for me...
not trying to be a pest.. just curious how you made out!!!!
@@JeffreyRiggsI was able to get it to work, got a different IP address on each Esxi host, with the 10gb card, I have ordered a MikroTik CRS305 switch that has 4 sfp+ ports and hope to get it next week and working on getting a sfp + card for my Dell 8930 workstation., I really appreciate your help on this
@@jimholloway1785 SAHHWEEET!!!!
Hi Jeff, I am facing the same issue. Everything being on 10Gb but never getting any higher than 2.5Gb. Did you solve the issue at the end? thanks Marc
i did this a while ago... where are you seeing the 2.5gb speeds in my video? Sorry really swamped right now and figured if you can point me to where in the video, i can jump to it and take a peek and see if i have any insight.
Hi Jeff, I was curious if you would be able to recommend a sfp+ nic card, that's compatible with 6.7 with a decent cost? Their site's comparability guide is atrocious. Ty for the vid on the setup, i got to pick up a few tips.
sorry... I do not know what sfp+ nic card is compatible. All I know is that InfiniBand cards wont run at InfiniBand speeds if they are older cards. I have the ConnectX-1 cards with CX4 port. VERY old... but for $75 im up and running on 6 ports and a switch.
Hi, I found your video on searching for aadd a 10gbe dualport card to my esxi6.7. I´ve working in past with four 1gbe ports from motherboard and will speed up my system. On my esxi there is vcenter, nappit fileserversystem (like freenas) and one windows admin VM. A really tiny fileserver station and admin server for other hosts. I´ve bought one dualport 10gbe SFP+ card and place this in my server. esxi1 will see the two ports (with elxnet drivers automaticly). Now I thought, I must add these to my standard vSwitch0 on top. But it won´t work. All traffic went to the 1gbe ports. When I replace all four 1gbe to the two 10gbe, I won´t be able to connect. So is it really necessary to add a second vmkernel and 10gbeSwitch? Can I add one or two 1gbe ports as failover and standby mode inside the 10gbeSwitch? Nice video and in basic, its the same I will do in my system. Must I config my nappit new? I don´t think, because all net traffic is in same subnet and same 192.168.196.xxx network with one Gateway/DNS server. Greets, Thomas