Fail a NIC. Nothing blinks.

Dual-NIC nested hosts: what redundancy means when the fabric is virtual

A second vNIC on a nested host adds no physical redundancy, so why add it? We expected bringup to want one, and pulling vmnic0 mid-SSH proved the trunk copes: 0% loss, session intact.

16 September 2026 · Updated 1 October 2026 · 6 min · Adam Stretton