A quick google search revealed this.<div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004048">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004048</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004048"></a>The short answer is yes, ESX can use 2 or more nics to improve throughput.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers All, Bruce</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Jay Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jay@miscreant.org">jay@miscreant.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">It’s configurable at the VMWare side also:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Route based on the originating virtual port ID</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Route based in IP hash </span></p><p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Route based on source MAC hash</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><span>-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Use explicit failover order</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">--Jay</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel Thoroughgood<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 18 November 2010 11:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] VM throughput to network</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I believe ESX load-balances outbound traffic based upon destination MAC address. If traffic is mostly going to a default gateway, or a storage device, then it's unlikely to be moved over more than one link.</p>
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