VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) 4.1 -Enabling IP Hash Load Balance from Tech Support Mode.

I had the requirement to setup IP Hash load balancing as I have the network ports setup as follows on my 3750 stack, it is the same for each host.

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interface Port-channel21
description ESX2
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 400
switchport trunk allowed vlan 7,65,66,69,400
switchport mode trunk
spanning-tree portfast trunk

Basically, in order to access the network , I have to setup IP hash first.

So, first there is a prerequisite; enable Tech Support Mode. See  Using Tech Support Mode in ESXi 4.1 KB  Article: 1017910




I also setup my host to use both of the physical interfaces I want for management,  along with the current vlan tag for them.

Then I log on to the host via console.

# cat /etc/vmware/esx.conf | more

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