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VMWare Networking
I have VMWare Workstation 9 as well as ESXi 5.5. I want to load it up with VM's and and NIC cards. Can I assign each individual VM install to its own private network adapter? If so can it be done with both VMWare programs, or do I need to use one over the other? ESXi is on a 32 core server that already had 4 network ports.… -
Re: VMWare Networking
Yeah that's what I meant too, you dont need to set this scenario up like the way you are thinking. VLANs are the definitely the way to go. I have seen hosts with 16 network ports and I can tell you the cabling has the potential to get messy (to say the least) and gets in the way of cooling. Anyways, I'd be keen to see the… -
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I hope I am explaining what I want to do right. I want to simulate exactly having 15 computers with out having to have 15 physical machines. That way way I can have the VM communicating on a specific RJ45 port with a cable going to a specific port on the Cisco switch. I am trying to avoid having any virtual networking in… -
Re: VMWare Networking
Both programs will work, performance is slightly better with using ESXi as your bare-metal OS than with Workstation. There are hundreds of blogs/articles on the internet that will walk you through the process of setting up a lab with either. Since you already have ESXi on the beefier machine, just create VMs like you…
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