Private VLAN on ESX Cluster
Greetings,
Is it possible to setup an internal switch to a ESX Cluster?
What I want is the traffic be completely inaccessible from the main network. However only machines attached to the virtual switch (a switch with no physical uplinks) can communicate with each other.
I tried creating a switch on each of my hosts in the cluster and gave them the same name, however there is no communication from a VM on one host to a VM connected on another host.
What is the correct procedure for creating such a private network?
How would this traffic transverse the LAN to other hosts connected to the virtual switch, via the serivice console?
Is it possible to setup an internal switch to a ESX Cluster?
What I want is the traffic be completely inaccessible from the main network. However only machines attached to the virtual switch (a switch with no physical uplinks) can communicate with each other.
I tried creating a switch on each of my hosts in the cluster and gave them the same name, however there is no communication from a VM on one host to a VM connected on another host.
What is the correct procedure for creating such a private network?
How would this traffic transverse the LAN to other hosts connected to the virtual switch, via the serivice console?
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sorry...my answer was a bit vague.
create a new vswitch THAT HAS PHYSICAL NETWORK CARDS on each server and give it a VLAN number. You will need to configure your switches to trunk the VLAN id's ON THE PORTS THAT YOUR ESX HOST IS CONNECTED TO.
create a new vswitch THAT HAS PHYSICAL NETWORK CARDS on each server and give it a VLAN number. You will need to configure your switches to trunk the VLAN id's ON THE PORTS THAT YOUR ESX HOST IS CONNECTED TO.
Shouldn't be a problem.
Create a VLAN that is not routable, put VMs on it and make sure that they don't have several virtual nics straddling different VLANs.
Or configure a separate physical switch, a physical nic on each host and and connect to vswitch on each esx host. This will give you layer2 access and keep things seaparate
Create a VLAN that is not routable, put VMs on it and make sure that they don't have several virtual nics straddling different VLANs.
Or configure a separate physical switch, a physical nic on each host and and connect to vswitch on each esx host. This will give you layer2 access and keep things seaparate
best way would be to create a a new vswitch on each server and give it a VLAN number. You will also need to configure your switches to trunk the VLAN id's.