Vswitch tagging and switch config

[pdrace]

We are going to be moving to 10 GB ethernet in the near future.

I currently use 3 vswitches with two physical nics assigned to each switch.

Vswitch0 - SC and vmotion on one vswitch on the same vlan

Vswitch1 - Virtual machine traffic using port groups to assign vlans

Vswitch2 - Storage - 2 vlans are defined for load balancing of NFS

In our new configuration I plan to have 2 vswitches

Vswitch0 - Service console and virtual machine traffic

Vswitch2 - Storage and vmotion on seperate vlans

I had someone from our network team configure ports to test this configuration.

I requested that one set of ports be tagged for the vlan for thje service console and a couple of other vlans for vm traffic.

I installed ESXi 4.1 and specified the vlan for the service console and gave it all the correct IP information

When I test the network pings to the gateway and DNS servers fail.

I checked back with the network person he reports that the ports are tagged for the vlans I requested.

So I'm stuck in testing.

Any recommendations on troubleshooting this?

[a_p_]

Can you please post a screen shot of the virtual network configuration, showing the different vSwitches and port groups?

How many hosts do you have in your environment?

André

PS: Make sure the native VLAN on the switch ports does not match any of the VLANs configured on the port groups!

[pdrace]

We have 9 hosts but are quickly expanding.

Are you asking for a screenshot of our current configuration?

[a_p_]

What I'd like to see is the configuration you are having issues with.

André

[sakibpavel]

You wanna ping with different VLAN right?

In this case you have to route the VLAN.

Have you did this?

Sakibpavel

[pdrace]

André Pett wrote:

What I'd like to see is the configuration you are having issues with.

Andre'         

I would have to be able to communuicate with the host on the network to show you the configuration. I didn't see any purpose in finishing the installation when I can;t communicate with the SC.

[pdrace]

sakibpavel wrote:

You wanna ping with different VLAN right?

In this case you have to route the VLAN.

Have you did this?

Sakibpavel

The Vlan is routed. I can't ping the gateway when testing the network during installation.

[a_p_]

... when I can;t communicate with the SC.

That's a valid point, sorry I missed this

IMO there's an issue with the VLAN/port configuration. Either the native VLAN matches the VLAN configured for the SC port group or there's an issue with the port configuration on the physical switch (see e.g. http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004074)

André