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VMware vSphere Design Essentials

By : Swapnil A Kambli, Puthiyavan Udayakumar
Book Image

VMware vSphere Design Essentials

By: Swapnil A Kambli, Puthiyavan Udayakumar

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (13 chapters)
VMware vSphere Design Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Design considerations for networks with industry inputs


Here are some of the key design considerations followed worldwide by experts. Consider using some of them:

  • Ensuring that vMotion and FT traffic are encrypted in your design; if not, it will result in security breach.

  • Planning whether to use Microsoft NLB in your design or not. It's a decent awareness to select "No" to inform switches about VM MAC discourse deviations.

  • Considering whether to include VM sizing and functionality into a version when sizing your vMotion network.

  • Choosing to opt for a NIC that chains jumbo frames, NetQueue and TCP, and checksum offload to boost your design and achieve better performance.

  • Limiting and sharing Network I/O Control in your design.

  • Choosing a route-based policy on physical NIC load balancing in your design.

  • Using a virtual infrastructure, such as vShield App, in your design. This will segregate DMZ traffic from the production network, provided this is sanctioned by the corporate security policy.

  • Using...