Just added some 40G stacked Brocades to the lab here. What is best practice for redundant NIC's going to the same switch? vsphere 6.7
1. I have RSTP turned on
2. I had 2 10G NIC's Active / Active
3. I did NOT have the ports set to edge ports (DUH)
4. Had load balancing set to route based on VPID
So yeah, the brocades STP flipped out, saw flapping, and then ESXI saw an unstable connectetion and actually shut the nic down. So I:
1. Made those ports edge ports, which was just stupid to miss.
2. Set the NIC's to active / standby
3. reenabled the NIC's on the ESXi machines
Can I go back to active active with VPID?
1. I have RSTP turned on
2. I had 2 10G NIC's Active / Active
3. I did NOT have the ports set to edge ports (DUH)
4. Had load balancing set to route based on VPID
So yeah, the brocades STP flipped out, saw flapping, and then ESXI saw an unstable connectetion and actually shut the nic down. So I:
1. Made those ports edge ports, which was just stupid to miss.
2. Set the NIC's to active / standby
3. reenabled the NIC's on the ESXi machines
Can I go back to active active with VPID?