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== Networking ==
== Networking ==
=== Beacon Probing ===
=== Beacon Probing ===
Should only be used when there are 3 or more physical NIC's assigned to the vSwitch, uplinked to the network switch.  This is to enable the ESX to be able to properly determine the state of the network during a daily condition. See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005577 for further info.
Should only be used when there are 3 or more physical NIC's assigned to the vSwitch, uplinked to the network switch.  This is to enable the ESX to be able to properly determine the state of the network during a faulty condition. If there's only two uplinks and the beacon gets lost between the two NIC's, then the ESX can't know which uplink is faulty, just that there is a fault. 
 
See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005577 for further info.


= Procedures =
= Procedures =

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