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  • 1.  VLAN Tagging (VST) and Native VLAN on same vswitch

    Posted Feb 09, 2012 04:40 AM

    I'm trying to figure out if its possible to turn on VLAN tagging for a vswitch if our virtual machines currently reside in vlan 1 (native vlan) on our cisco switches. I'm not sure why it was setup this way, but changing it is not an option at this time.

    Ultimately what I'm trying to accomplish is bringing up a group of servers that are on a different VLAN, but under the same vswitch. I'm assuming VST is what I need, but I'm not sure if I can simply specificy vlan 1, as vlan 1 is untagged on the cisco switches and my understanding is that VST requires it to be tagged.

    Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

    NuRD.



  • 2.  RE: VLAN Tagging (VST) and Native VLAN on same vswitch
    Best Answer

    Posted Feb 09, 2012 12:38 PM

    With the vSwitch connected to a trunk port on the physical switch, create the port groups you need and only configure the then VLAN-ID for the port groups which do not use the native VLAN. See e.g. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004074

    André



  • 3.  RE: VLAN Tagging (VST) and Native VLAN on same vswitch

    Posted Feb 10, 2012 07:40 PM

    Thanks! That's exactly what I needed.