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Creating Other ESXi BMSs

  1. Create a BMS. Select a flavor and an image (see Table 3) and configure the VPC subnet to which it connects.
  2. Use the key to log in to the ESXi BMS and change the user root password.
  3. Add a local datastore to the ESXi host.
  4. Create vSwitch1 for the second and third ESXi hosts, set vmnic2 to uplink, and create vmkernel NICs with IP addresses 11.11.11.102 and 11.11.11.103 on vSwitch1.
  5. Log in to the Windows jump VM and vCenter. Add the ESXi hosts to the vCenter host cluster and DVS through IP addresses 11.11.11.102 and 11.11.11.103.
  6. Migrate the VMkernel NIC and uplink on vSwitch1 to the distributed port group and DVS of dvSwitch-0/hb-mgmt. Configurations of the vSwitch on the second and third ESXi hosts are as follows.

    Table 1 vSwitch configurations of the second and third ESXi hosts

    Port Group

    vSwitch

    Uplink

    vmkernel NIC

    management network

    vSwitch0

    vmnic0

    vmnic1

    vmk0

    DPortGroup-mgmt

    dvSwitch-0

    vmnic2

    vmnic3

    vmk1

    DPortGroup-vxlan

    dvSwitch-1

    vmnic4

    vmnic5

    -

    DPortGroup-edge-internal

    -

    DPortGroup-vsan

    dvSwitch-2

    vmnic6

    vmnic7

    vmk2

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