Afternoon guys , I require some help with a client we inherited .
We know if you want to use IP hashing , you should have Ether-Channel configured Up steam , with LACP as an optional bit of intelligence .
The large infrastructure we inherited has both IP hash , and Route based on Originating port set op portgroups
One vDS , two Uplinks per IBM FLEX ESXI host with roughly 50% of port groups on IP and the rest on Port ID
How is it even working ?
As my Network guys confirmed we don't have Ether Chanel set up ?
Port ID requires that only old school trunking is done
IP hash requires Ether Channel
So how do they both co exist on shared uplinks , shared BLADE IO modules , TOR and Core Switch ?
I need to upgrade to vSphere 6 , so basically and I trying to come up with the best config there
For now , I think making sure there are no Ether Channels , and using LBT is the best way forward
Getting to vSphere 6 however is the challenge . I will need to move VDS to VSS to move esxi hosts to VC6 .
Breaking the existing Teaming might be a problem with this vSphere 5.1 Mixed mode ( IP and Port hash )
Any insights please ?
