I'm using this ESXI network setup in my test server running:
- OmniOS as the NFS share
- ESXi local vSwitch to connect OmniOS NFS share to ESXI for datastore
- 9000 MTU for Jumbo Frame support on storagenet vswitch and 2nd OmniOS nic.
- 1500 MTU for regular traffic to smb shares to other outside machines on 1st OmniOS nic.
Thought I would share it as I heard about the concept in a few places but not any step by step guide.
I will assume you already have OmniOS setup with networking and will...
ESXi 5.5 vswitch network setup - All-in-one![]()
- OmniOS as the NFS share
- ESXi local vSwitch to connect OmniOS NFS share to ESXI for datastore
- 9000 MTU for Jumbo Frame support on storagenet vswitch and 2nd OmniOS nic.
- 1500 MTU for regular traffic to smb shares to other outside machines on 1st OmniOS nic.
Thought I would share it as I heard about the concept in a few places but not any step by step guide.
I will assume you already have OmniOS setup with networking and will...
ESXi 5.5 vswitch network setup - All-in-one