Hi,
Can somebody confirm that I will need to create a port group for each physical host (ESXi) on the cluster? I have 5 hosts and manage them using vCenter (6.5) I need to create a new VLAN ID and assign that to the new port group.
Also how would I test its communication of the new created VLAN/port group besides creating a new VM and assigning the network? Can I SSH into vCenter and ping the gateway of the new VLAN?
My lab setup is down so I just want to verify here first.
Thanks,
TT
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Can somebody confirm that I will need to create a port group for each physical host (ESXi) on the cluster?
Yes, it is recommended to have the vSwitch and port group settings consistent across hosts - if not you could have VMs which are only able to run on a subset of the hosts in your cluster rather than all of your hosts.
Also how would I test its communication of the new created VLAN/port group besides creating a new VM and assigning the network?
Test with a VM
Can I SSH into vCenter and ping the gateway of the new VLAN?
Better to do testing from another system, your vCenter Server may not need access to that network anyway
Thanks for the feedback.
TT