How to configure host network to switch

[ToTheCloud]

Hello everyone,

We are doing VLANs on our ESXi hosts and would like to have the VLAN traffic flow onto our physical network as well.  In doing so, I am curious what the "proper" configuration for the link between the physical host and the switch should be.  Do you do you enable port trunking or leave the port with default configuration?

Thanks!

-ToTheCloud

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

Do you do you enable port trunking or leave the port with default configuration?

Assuming you are talking about Cisco switches then you would configure the switch ports as trunk ports. For other vendors it is be named tagged ports. Anyway, the common name for this is 802.1Q (dot1q). Please take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004074 for a sample configuration.

André

Message was edited by: a.p. - fixed the link

[ToTheCloud]

That's exactly what I needed to know!  Thanks!

As a side note, your link to the KB article doesn't work for future reference.

[a_p_]

Sorry about the link, I fixed it.

André