Support Suggestions on Deploying F5 Virtual Appliances to ESXI - Network Config
Article ID: 407185
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Seeking best practice on ESXi host uplinks to efficiently support F5 Virtual Appliances
Environment
VMware vSphere ESXi
Esxi host 4 25Gbps on F5 virtual appliance
Resolution
- Compatibility of the host hardware meets the recommended requirements.
- If you plan to use SR-IOV, enable it on the hypervisor.
- For a single NIC configuration, remove the internal, external, and HA NICs and power on the VM.
- If you are running a multi-NIC configuration without DHCP, manually assign an IP address for the BIG-IP Config Utility.
- Ensure proper network configuration with dedicated VLANs and consider using Network I/O Control to manage traffic flow, especially for vMotion.
- Utilize vSphere's Network I/O Control to prioritize critical traffic and prevent vMotion from saturating the 25Gbps links.
- Enable NIOC on the vDS and configure resource pools for different traffic types (vMotion, management, etc.). This allows you to prioritize traffic based on your needs and prevent one type of traffic from consuming all available bandwidth.
- If using a high availability (HA) configuration, create a dedicated VLAN for synchronization traffic between the active and standby BIG-IP VE instances.
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