Configuring network for multiple ESXi environment

If IBM® Netezza® Platform Development Software is to run on multiple ESXi nodes, you must create either a standard vSphere Switch, or a vSphere Distributed Switch that requires VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus.

• To create a standard vSphere Switch (with VMware vSphere Enterprise):
  1. In vCenter Client, select the ESXi host from the Hosts and Clusters inventory.
  2. Open the Configuration tab.
  3. In the Hardware section, click Networking. Click the Add Networking button.
  4. Select Virtual Machine as connection type.
  5. Select at least one network interface (VMNIC) to connect to the switch, click Next.
  6. Specify Network Label. If more than one IBM Netezza Platform Development Software instance is to be deployed, you might need to assign VLAN ID. Click Next, and then Finish.
  7. Follow steps 1 to 6 for all ESXi hosts using the same Network Label and, optionally, the same VLAN ID.
• To create a vSphere Distributed Switch (with VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus):
  1. From the Home page of the vSphere Client, open the Networking inventory view and select your datacenter.
  2. In the Basic Tasks section of the right-side panel, click Add a vSphere Distributed Switch. A switch creation wizard opens.
  3. Specify switch version.
  4. Provide a name of the switch name and the number of physical adapters per host.
  5. In the Add Hosts and Physical Adapters step, select all ESXi servers to be connected to this network, and select at least one network interface from each ESXi server to connect to the switch. Together with the switch, the first port group is created and named dvPortGroup.
  6. If more than one IBM Netezza Platform Development Software instance is to be deployed, you might need to change the group name and assign VLAN. To do this, right-click the group name and select Edit Settings... . Change the details as required.
• If vSphere Distributed Switch (VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus) is already created in the environment, you must create a new port group with VLAN assigned:
  1. In the Network Inventory view of the vSphere Client, right-click the switch and select New Port Group from the menu.
  2. Type new group name. Default name is dvPortGroupN.
  3. In VLAN type, select VLAN.
  4. Assign a unique VLAN ID. To verify that the ID is unique, select the switch in the inventory tree, and on the right-side panel, in the Networks tab, check the list of the existing IDs.