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VMware networking best practices

You can administer networking in a VMware environment for many different configurations. The examples in this section describe some of the VMware networking possibilities.

This section is not a substitute for the VMware documentation. Review the VMware networking best practices before deploying any applications on an ESXi host.

The following are the suggested best practices for configuring a network that supports deployed applications on VMware Hosts:

Networking Avaya applications on VMware ESXi – Example 1

Networking Avaya applications within the same ESXi host.

This configuration describes a simple version of networking Avaya applications within the same ESXi host. Highlights to note:

Networking Avaya applications on VMware ESXi – Example 2

Redundancy example.

This configuration shows a complex situation using multiple physical network interface cards. The key differences between example 1 and example 2 are:

References

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Product Support Notice PSN003556u https://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100154621
Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere® 5.5 http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.5.pdf
Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere® 6.0 http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/VMware-PerfBest-Practices-vSphere6-0.pdf
VMware vSphere 5.5 Documentation https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-pubs.html
VMware vSphere 6.5 Documentation http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-65/index.jsp
VMware vSphere 6.0 Documentation https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-6-pubs.html
VMware Documentation Sets https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/