Best practices, Vlm for vmware esx, esxi and vsphere, 2 best practices – KEMP VMware ESX User Manual

Page 6

Text mode
Original mode

VLM for VMware ESX, ESXi and vSphere

Installation Guide

2 Best Practices

Some best practices to be aware of before deploying a LoadMaster on VMware are below:



Configure a load balancing port group for the relevant VLAN to avoid port flooding



Use the E1000 network adapter type when deploying the VLM

Figure 2-1: Security Tab



The Security Policy Forged Transmit on the Portgroup should be set to Accept. Ensure
this is forced (hard coded) on the port group as any changes to the vSwitch will affect all
port groups by default.

Figure 2-2: NIC Teaming Tab



To prevent the transmission of RARP packets from being sent every time a Virtual
Machine is powered on, set the Notify Switches option to No.