NFS network Diagram
as we do always in networks pioneers : it’s better to have a a look to network diagram above to understand the concept
we have Suse Linux Enterprise Server as NFS Server
- name SLES123.pioneers.lab
- management ip address 172.16.100.123 connected to DMZ called [server farm ]
- another NIC connected to DMZ with ip address 172.21.104.123
- SLES123 has HDD with capacity 2TB
- we will create folder on SLES123 with NFS services to let ESXI hosts [ESXI151,ESXI152,ESXI153] to see it as DataStore
also : we have ESXI host server called ESXI151 with
- interface for management with DMZ [server farm ] : with ip address 172.16.100.151
- interface for ISCSI target with DMZ [switch 3 ] : with ip address 172.21.104.151
also : we have ESXI host server called ESXI152 with
- interface for management with DMZ [server farm ] : with ip address 172.16.100.152
- interface for ISCSI target with DMZ [switch 3 ] : with ip address 172.21.104.152
and finally : we have ESXI host server called ESXI153 with
- interface for management with DMZ [server farm ] : with ip address 172.16.100.153
- interface for ISCSI target with DMZ [switch 3 ] : with ip address 172.21.104.153
server SLES123 will act as NFS server
while each ESXI host [ESXI151,ESXI152,ESXI153] will act as NFS client 4
Configure ESXI as NFS client
Configure ESXI as NFS client include the following Steps
- create port group for NFS with isolated IP address on three ESXI servers
- create NFS datastore on first ESXI151
- share created NFS datastore to other ESXI servers ESXI152,ESXI53
step 01 : create port group for NFS
now we will create port group on ESXI151 [ of course same configuration will be done on Both ESXI152,and ESXI153
we can use any port group available in ESXI for NFS connection :
BUT
the point here we need to use different IP address 172.21.104.151 to avoid any network congestion and make subnet secured from any atack
step 02: create NFS DataStore on ESXI151
ESXI currently has 3 DataStore : 2 as local Datastore , and 1 ESXI datastore created in previous articles series
now we will create DataStore using NFS connection
step 03 : share NFS datastore to other ESXI servers
above we have successfully create NFS datastore on ESXI151
the last step is to share NFS DataStore Created to other ESXI152 , and ESXI153
Final Shape
after sshare NFS datastore to Both ESXI152, and ESXI153 so ALL ESXI using shared NFS DataStore
we will get final shape below
Conclusion
in three series of articles ” connect ESXI to NFS datastore ” :
we have discuss:
- NFS concepts here
- how to configure Linux server Suse as NFS server , here
- and finally how to connect ESXI host to NFS datastore here
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