
2 CONNECT | VMware vSphere 5.5 VXLAN Networking and Emulex OneConnect® OCe14000 Ethernet Adapters
CONNECT DEPLOYMENT GUIDE
Table of contents
1.0 Emulex Solution Implementer’s Series ....................................................................................................3
1.1 Executive summary ........................................................................................................................3
1.2 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................3
1.3 VXLAN overview ...........................................................................................................................4
2.0 Server hardware requirements ............................................................................................................ 5
2.1 VMware ESX software requirements ......................................................................................................5
2.2 Emulex OCe14000 Network Adapter requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.3 Additional requirements ..................................................................................................................5
3.0 Deploying Emulex OneConnect Network Adapters in ESXi 5.5 ............................................................................6
3.1 VXLAN prerequisites ......................................................................................................................6
4.0 Create cluster .............................................................................................................................7
5.0 Create VDS ...............................................................................................................................10
6.0 Deploying VMware vShield Manager appliance ..........................................................................................13
7.0 Configure VXLAN networking ............................................................................................................23
8.0 Adding physical adapters for VXLAN networking ........................................................................................31
9.0 Verifying OCe14000 Network Adapter ooad enabled/disabled ........................................................................34
10.0 Conclusion ..............................................................................................................................36
11.0 References ...............................................................................................................................46
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