Before the release of VMware vSphere 5, designing a vMotion network was relatively easy as it was straight-forward. vMotion in VMware vSphere 5.0 is able to leverage multiple NICs.
In vSphere 5.x vMotion balances the operations across all available NICs. It does this for a single vMotion operation and for multiple concurrent vMotion operations. By using multiple NICs it reduces the duration of a vMotion operation.
To step through this recipe, you will need one or more running ESXi Servers, a vCenter Server, and a working installation of vSphere Client. No other prerequisites are required.
So, to create a multi NIC vMotion network, you need to follow the proceeding steps:
Open up vSphere Client.
Log in to the vCenter Server.
Navigate to the Network section.
Select the distributed switch, right click on it, and then select New Port Group.
Provide a name, call it
vMotion-01
and confirm it's the correct distributed switch.Enter the VLAN type and...