Cisco IOS: Ether-Channel Trunks
Apr08

Cisco IOS: Ether-Channel Trunks

KB ID 0001533 Problem This is a subject that every time I need to create an Ether-Channel I end up checking beforehand, so it’s about time I wrote it up. We are combining two different things, an Ether-channel, (an aggregation of links) and a Trunk (the ability to carry many VLANS). If you are NOT from a Cisco background then you might want to read though the following post first to avoid confusion about the world...

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Cisco Catalyst – Configure Ports for VMware ESXi NICs using VLANS
Nov17

Cisco Catalyst – Configure Ports for VMware ESXi NICs using VLANS

KB ID 0001065  Problem If you don’t need different virtual machines to be in different VLANS on your vSphere/ESXi servers then you probably just connect everything together and it all works fine. I was trying to carve off some hosts into their own VLAN today, and setup a new vSwitch. or if you prefer to work in the fat client. Now you can see (above), I’ve presented one physical NIC to this vSwitch (vmnic1). This is...

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