How to configure the second NIC on a VMWare ESX 
We already have one virtual port that bridges/switches to NIC1:
# esxcfg-vswitch -l
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch0 64 8 64 1500 vmnic0
PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
VM Network 0 4 vmnic0
Service Console 0 1 vmnic0
We want to add a new virtual port that is bridged/switched to NIC2:
# esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1
# esxcfg-vswitch -A
"Backup Network" vSwitch1
# esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch1
# esxcfg-vswif -a vswif1 -p
"Backup Network" -i 192.168.2.99 -n 255.255.255.0
['Vnic' warning] Generated New MAC address, xxxxx
for vswif1
Nothing to flush.
Then you get a second interface like this:
vswif1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
link/ether xxxxx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.2.99/24 brd 192.168.2.255 scope global vswif1
The result is as follows:
# esxcfg-vswitch -l
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch0 64 8 64 1500 vmnic0
PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
VM Network 0 4 vmnic0
Service Console 0 1 vmnic0
Switch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU Uplinks
vSwitch1 64 4 64 1500 vmnic1
PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports Uplinks
Backup Network 0 1 vmnic1
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