ESXi NIC Teaming

Network redundancy and Load balancing can be achieved by NIC teaming. It is group of multiple NIC which is represented as a single Logical NIC. It can be configured on vSwictch and DvSwitch. It required minimum two adaptors.

Step by Step NIC teaming configuration:

1. Login to vSphere Web Client
2. Select the required Host and Cluster
3. Select the vSwitch on which you need NIC teaming
4. ESXi Host > Manage > Networking > Virtual Switch
5. Click on Edit
6. Select teaming and failover
7. Choose the appropriate load balancing policy
8. Choose the Network Failure Detection
9. Select Yes or No from the 3^rd and 4^th options
10. Choose the appropriate failover order as per your requirement.

Ok and Save - It's done simply

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