We have dual port 10Gb Intel x520 nic in each server. Each port is connected to a Nexus 5548UP switch over a vPC.
Nics:
vmnic4 0000:0a:00.00 ixgbe Up 10000Mbps Full 90:e2:ba:19:9b:94 9000 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
vmnic5 0000:0a:00.01 ixgbe Up 10000Mbps Full 90:e2:ba:19:9b:95 9000 Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection
The vswitch config is as follows:
vSwitch1
Name: vSwitch1
Class: etherswitch
Num Ports: 128
Used Ports: 33
Configured Ports: 128
MTU: 9000
CDP Status: listen
Beacon Enabled: false
Beacon Interval: 1
Beacon Threshold: 3
Beacon Required By:
Uplinks: vmnic4, vmnic5
Portgroups: Subnet-128.1.10.x, IPStorage-NetApp-NFS, vMotion
Failover Policy:
Load Balancing: iphash
Network Failure Detection: link
Notify Switches: true
Failback: true
Active Adapters: vmnic4, vmnic5
Standby Adapters:
Unused Adapters:
Security Policy:
Allow Promiscuous: false
Allow MAC Address Change: true
Allow Forged Transmits: true
Larry B.