You don't really need to do anything. As long as the VM are connected to the same virtual switch, they are connected at 10G.I am going to be setting up an AIO solution and I want the link between the storage VM and ESXi to be 10Gbe, how do I configure ESXi to do that? I have looked online and so far I cannot find anything.
Just download the OmniOS storageserver template for ESXi 6.0u2.OK, did not know that.
Now to figure out why I can't do a test install of OmniOS in ESXi.
Will that image work with 16GB DOMs?Just download the OmniOS storageserver template for ESXi 6.0u2.
napp-it // webbased ZFS NAS/SAN appliance for OmniOS, OpenIndiana, Solaris and Linux : Downloads
Import/deploy and you are up within two minutes-
optionally update napp-it and OmniOS to current 151020.
Vmware tools are included so you can just use vmxnet3s between OmniOS and ESXi.
If you install manually, avoid USB3 or USB3 chipsets when you try to boot from an USB stick
(not yet supported but drivers in the way)
Had I been smart, I would have done 32GB SATA DOMs when I species it out, to late now. If I have to, I'll run FreeNAS. It's only hosting a Skype For Business cluster.@smccloud I made a not-so-small investment in 64GB SATA DOMs for that reason.
16GB may be tight but would probably work, 32Gb sata DOM would certainly hold encapsulated files for napp-it.Well, minor surprise. I got 32GB SATA DOMs with the server. The one thing I am trying to figure out right now is if a 16/32GB thumb drive will provide a place to store the VMX for an OmniOS/napp-it machine.
So a USB Thumb Drive will allow me to store VM files? If I could find a floppy to SATA power adapter I could use a 20GB or 40GB SSD.16GB may be tight but would probably work, 32Gb sata DOM would certainly hold encapsulated files for napp-it.
I have to SATA power cable on the motherboard. I'll probably use a SATA DOM then. Even though I will have to do a RDM for the boot volume.I wouldn't use a usb disk, there's a trick you can do w/ vSphere 6 to make free space on a USB disk accessible as a datastore but my buddy has seen lackluster performance and R/O issues w/ his FreeNAS setup taking that route, best to stick to a true sata DOM disk IMHO. Other option is good ole' intel dc s3500 80gb (or whatever you have handy) to take a sata port off mobo and a regular sata power cable and do it that way as well.
I have another SATA DOM to install it onWhy would you have to do a RDM, install ESXi to sata dom, use free space formatted as VMFS volume and put napp-it on there.