Best Practices:
- 2 Dedicated NICs -> Or shared with vMotion network on different subnets
- Standard Switch -> No Distributed Switch
- Default TCP/IP stack
- MTU: 1500
- No LACP
- Port binding: Ephemeral – no binding
- Security
- Promiscous Mode: Reject
- MAC address changes: Reject
- Forged transmit: Reject
- Teaming and failover
- Load balancing: Route based on originating virtual port
- Network failure detection: Link status only
- Notify switches: YES
- Failback: NO
- Failover order:
- Active uplinks: Uplink 1, Uplink 2
- Standby uplinks: none
- Unused uplinks: none
Sources and useful links
VSWITCH FAILBACK AND HIGH AVAILABILITY