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Correction #10924

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Update information on distributed vswitch behavior in VMware vSphere / ESXi

Added by Nathan M over 4 years ago. Updated over 2 years ago.

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New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Jim Pingle
Category:
Recipes
Target version:
-
Start date:
09/21/2020
Due date:
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Description

Page: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/virtualize-esxi.html

Feedback:

Vmware has added support for mac learning in the dvswitch. If you enable this on the portgroup that you use CARP on, you don't need to turn on promiscuous mode or forged transmits, and you can also use multiple uplinks with LBT and no duplicate packets issues.

https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2018/04/native-mac-learning-in-vsphere-6-7-removes-the-need-for-promiscuous-mode-for-nested-esxi.html

https://fojta.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/enable-mac-learning-as-default-on-vsphere-distributed-switch/

Related issues

Related to Todo #13464: Reorder bullet list for ESX/ESXi settings for HA clustersRejectedChris W

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 #2

Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Category set to High Availability
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Updated by Jim Pingle over 4 years ago

  • Description updated (diff)
  • Category changed from High Availability to Recipes
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Updated by Nathan M over 4 years ago

Yeah, enabling this also removes the need for the Net.ReversePathFwdCheckPromisc setting listed on that page. It basically solves all the annoying carp + vmware problems.

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Updated by Jim Pingle over 2 years ago

  • Subject changed from Feedback on Virtualization — Virtualizing pfSense with VMware vSphere / ESXi to Update information on distributed vswitch behavior in VMware vSphere / ESXi
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Updated by Jim Pingle over 1 year ago

  • Related to Todo #13464: Reorder bullet list for ESX/ESXi settings for HA clusters added
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