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eprinted from Dell Power Solutions
February 2006. Copyright © 2006 Dell Inc. All rights reserve
DELL POWER SOLUTION
ONLINE-EXTRA CONTENT
Enabling VMware ESX Server VLAN Network Configurations for the Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade Server,
ont
nue
edundant NIC confi
uration:
Environmental assumptions
Fi
ure D provides step-by-step instruc
ions and related CLI commands
or set
ing up the redundant NIC configuration.
his con
i
uration assumes the
ollowin
sett
ngs:
•
ll three types of traffic—VM,
VMotion, and service console—
o
t
roug
ot
NIC 0 an
NIC 1.
•
The VMotion VLAN ID is set to 11
and external
ort 11 on both Switch 0
n
wi
h 1
r
r
rv
f
r
VMotion tra
ic.
•
rvi
n
l
r
ffi
VLAN
D o
10 and is con
i
ured on exter-
a
port 12 on
ot
switc
es.
•
ll other external
orts can be con
igured
or use by the VMs, and
VM traffic is commonly ta
ed with
a VLAN ID o
12. Administrators
can provi
e
etter security among
VMs by de
inin
di
erent VLANs
or groups of VMs that may need
mm
ni
N
A
l
n
external port must be reserved for
the switch mana
ement inter
ace.
This
ort should have a PVID o
1
the default value
Step Description Configuration commands
1 Set up ESX Server (see the
“Redundant NIC configuration”
section in this article)
2 Set to general mode all internal
ports on the PowerConnect 5316M
switch connected to NIC 0 and
NIC 1 of the server blades.
Configure the ports’ VLAN
membership to be 11 and the
PVID to be 10. Use this
configuration on both switches.
3 Set external port 11, which is a
member of VLAN 11 (VMotion), to
general mode and set the PVID
to 11. Use this configuration on
both switches.
4 Set external port 12, which is a
member of VLAN 10, to general
mode and set the PVID to 10. Use
this configuration on both switches.
5a Option 1: Configure the remaining
external ports for specific VLANs to
isolate specific VM traffic. For
example, if a VM from blade 1
should have a VLAN ID of 12 and
use only port 13, then use the
commands shown in this row. Use
this configuration on both switches.
5b Option 2: Assuming the same
example scenario as described in
step 5a, if port 13 is connected to
VLAN-unaware devices, use the
commands shown in this row. This
allows untagged traffic on port 13
to be tagged with VLAN 12 (for
VMs). Tagged traffic for VLAN 12
is allowed but other tagged traffic
is discarded. Use this configuration
on both switches.
console> en
console# config
console(config)# vlan database
console(config-vlan)# vlan 10,11
console(config-vlan)# exit
console(config)# interface range ethernet g1-10
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 10 untagged
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 11 tagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 10
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)# exit
console> en
console# config
console(config)# interface ethernet g11
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 11 untagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 11
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)# exit
console> en
console# config
console(config)# interface ethernet g12
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 10 untagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 10
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)# exit
console> en
console# config
console(config)# vlan database
console(config-vlan)# vlan 12
console(config-vlan)# exit
console(config)# interface ethernet g13
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 12 tagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 4095
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)# exit
console> en
console# config
console(config)# vlan database
console(config-vlan)# vlan 12
console(config-vlan)# exit
console(config)# interface ethernet g13
console(config-if)# switchport mode general
console(config-if)# switchport general allowed vlan add 12 untagged
console(config-if)# switchport general pvid 12
console(config-if)# exit
console(config)# exit
i
ure D.
onfi
uration steps and
LI commands for the redundant NI
environmen
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