Difference between revisions of "Port Trunking for Virtualisation"
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== Trunking ports for VMware == | == Trunking ports for VMware == | ||
To trunk the first 4 ports on a switch, apply the following commands to Cisco Switch command line: | To trunk the first 4 ports on a switch, apply the following commands to Cisco Switch command line: | ||
| − | '''conf t | + | '''conf t''' |
| − | interface range GigabitEthernet1/1 - 4 | + | '''interface range GigabitEthernet1/1 - 4''' |
| − | description Some Description''' | + | '''description Some Description''' |
'''switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q''' – ESX only supports dot1q and not ISL | '''switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q''' – ESX only supports dot1q and not ISL | ||
'''switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200''' – Allowed VLANs | '''switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200''' – Allowed VLANs | ||
Latest revision as of 05:45, 13 July 2015
Trunking ports for VMware
To trunk the first 4 ports on a switch, apply the following commands to Cisco Switch command line:
conf t interface range GigabitEthernet1/1 - 4 description Some Description switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q – ESX only supports dot1q and not ISL switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200 – Allowed VLANs switchport mode trunk – Enables Trunk switchport nonegotiate – ESX/ESXi does not support DTP dynamic trunking protocol. When configuring trunk port, set it to nonegotiate. spanning-tree portfast trunk – Enables PortFast on the interface when it is in trunk mode. end
