https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24520#M2732 Create Date: Sep 26 2012 6:43PM<BR /> <BR /> okay i have 2x x670 connected to 3 esx hosts.<BR /> <BR /> ports 1 to 3 on the x670's correspond to esx01 esx02 and esx03<BR /> <BR /> and the esx hosts have dual port nics. port1 goes to x670 1 port 2 to x670 2<BR /> <BR /> esx ports are mlaged <BR /> <BR /> esx01 will only work if set to route by source mac and esx03 will only work set to route by ip hash.<BR /> <BR /> not sure what is going on here.<BR /> <BR /> only difference is esx01 is dl380 g6 and esx02 and esx03 are dl380 g5.<BR /> <BR /> i didn't test esx02 behaviour as i ran out of time, I may via VPN in a minute.<BR /> <BR /> NICs are identical HP NC552SFP <H1><BR /> </H1> (from conrad_jones) Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:56:00 GMT EtherNation_Use 2014-01-08T05:56:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24520#M2732 Create Date: Sep 26 2012 6:43PM<BR /> <BR /> okay i have 2x x670 connected to 3 esx hosts.<BR /> <BR /> ports 1 to 3 on the x670's correspond to esx01 esx02 and esx03<BR /> <BR /> and the esx hosts have dual port nics. port1 goes to x670 1 port 2 to x670 2<BR /> <BR /> esx ports are mlaged <BR /> <BR /> esx01 will only work if set to route by source mac and esx03 will only work set to route by ip hash.<BR /> <BR /> not sure what is going on here.<BR /> <BR /> only difference is esx01 is dl380 g6 and esx02 and esx03 are dl380 g5.<BR /> <BR /> i didn't test esx02 behaviour as i ran out of time, I may via VPN in a minute.<BR /> <BR /> NICs are identical HP NC552SFP <H1><BR /> </H1> (from conrad_jones) Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:56:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24520#M2732 EtherNation_Use 2014-01-08T05:56:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24521#M2733 Create Date: Sep 26 2012 7:49PM<BR /> <BR /> The plot thickens.....<BR /> <BR /> <BR /> ESX02 works with either IP Hash or Source MAC. but drops occasional pings with IP Hash but works perfectly with Source MAC.<BR /> <BR /> hmmmmmmm. maybe the cables are mixed up / not labelled correctly / not plugged in where i think. (from conrad_jones) Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:56:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24521#M2733 EtherNation_Use 2014-01-08T05:56:00Z https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24522#M2734 Create Date: Sep 26 2012 8:19PM<BR /> <BR /> okay so the moral of the story is always suspect the physical layer first!<BR /> <BR /> as makes sense esx01 and esx02 have mixed up cabling. (from conrad_jones) Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:56:00 GMT https://community.extremenetworks.com/t5/extremeswitching-exos-switch/mlag-to-esx/m-p/24522#M2734 EtherNation_Use 2014-01-08T05:56:00Z