I’ve assigned one of them, vmnic0, to the VM kernel adapter (vmk0) connected to the switch (vSwitch0). One is used as a VM Network, while another one is utilized as a Management Network. The second device is the network adapter I actually was looking for.Ĭreating Virtual Switches and port groupsĪccording to the figure above, there already is a virtual switch, vSwitch0.
#Change name of vm network vcenter 6.5 mac#
The first adapter is already utilized for management purposes and has exactly the same mac address as an adapter in the screenshot above. In particular, find out the name of the adapter corresponding to the physical connection between the servers. Execute the following commands for that purpose: Next, learn more about the network adapters. Now, acquire the necessary info about the network configuration with the following set of commands: For this purpose, type host IP and specify server credentials.Ĭheck that you’ve connected to the right server and go further.įind out more about the network configuration Now, let’s get the job done! Reaching ESXi hosts with PowerCLIįirst, let’s connect to the N201 host with PowerCLI. Īlso remember, the steps I mention below, should be repeated on the second node (N202) Find out more about the commands I mention here by the following link. The important things and step sequence are highlighted in red.
Therefore, to make long story short, I’ll describe the configuration only for N201 and certain differences relating to N202 node. So, I have N201 and N202 servers, and both guys are absolutely identical.
#Change name of vm network vcenter 6.5 windows#
After that, I’ll check the result using two VMs (VM-01, VM-02), once again, under Windows Server 2016 orchestration, on nodes N201 and N202 correspondingly. To make it convenient, I’ll run the configuration with PowerCLI from the third physical node under Windows Server 2016 (N200) administration over 192.168.1.0/22 network. Such network is usually used to build fault-tolerant clusters based on VMware solutions. So, what I’m gonna do with that? Well, create a 10 Gbit/s virtual network (10.0.0.0/24). The figure below addresses the configuration scheme of the setup: The server under Windows Server 2016 administration and with VMware.PowerCLI 10.300 deployed is used only for management.
The setup usedįor this small experiment I deployed a two-node VMware ESXi 6.5.0 (build 5969303) setup of the following configuration: Yep, it took me some time but at the end of the day, the knowledge and experience I acquired paid back! Apparently, this case is not unique, so I decided to share my experience in today’s scribbling. Sure, I had to dig into the details of orchestrating ESXi with PowerCLI. This command-line tools allows automating all aspects of vSphere management, including network, storage, VM and so on and so forth. That’s right, I’m talking about PowerCLI. Recently, I decided to automate some boring routine procedures related to setting up virtual networks in ESXi 6.5.
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