Configuring the primary Management network interface vmk0

Verify active links:

esxcli network nic list

Remove disconnected uplinks from the previous step [VMware adds them all]:

esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove --uplink-name=vmnic0 --vswitch-name=vSwitch0

esxcli network vswitch standard uplink remove --uplink-name=vmnic1 --vswitch-name=vSwitch0

Verify standard vSwitch list:

esxcli network vswitch standard list

Set iphash Load balance and MTU:

esxcli network vswitch standard set --mtu 9000 -v vSwitch0

esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set -l iphash -v vSwitch0

esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover set --active-uplinks=vmnic2,vmnic3 -v vSwitch0

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set -p "Management Network" -l iphash

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set -p "Management Network" --active-uplinks=vmnic2,vmnic3

Verify iphash load balancing and MTU settings:

esxcli network vswitch standard policy failover get --vswitch-name=vSwitch0

Set DNS server search:

esxcli network ip dns server add --server 10.96.5.43

esxcli network ip dns server add --server 10.96.5.27

esxcli network ip dns search add --domain cscinfo.com

esxcli network ip dns server remove --server 192.168.43.77

Verify DNS server and DNS search:

esxcli network ip dns server list

esxcli network ip dns search list

Configure vmk0 for primary IP:

esxcli network interface ipv4 set --interface-name vmk0 --ipv4 10.133.72.93 --netmask 255.255.254.0 --type static

Create VLANs in ESXi:

Verify portgroup list:

esxcli network standard vswitch portgroup list

Add portgroup:

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add --portgroup-name=<portgroup name> --vswitch-name=<vswitch name>

Tag portgroup:

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set --portgroup-name=<portgroup name> --vlan-id=<vlan id>

Example:

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup add --portgroup-name="BK-APIPortal-Preproduction" --vswitch-name="vSwitch0"

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set --portgroup-name="BK-APIPortal-Preproduction" --vlan-id=233