How to configure etherchannel trunk between ESXi hosts and Cisco 2960 switch?
This ESXi Hosts are connected to Cisco Catalyst 2960-48-port switch. The Ethernet channels were configured as follows,
int port-channel 1
switchport trunk allowed vlan 101,121,122
switchport mode trunk
int gigabitethernet1/15
switchport trunk native vlan 101
switchport trunk encap dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 101,121,122
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode on
int gigabitethernet1/16
switchport trunk native vlan 101
switchport trunk encap dot1q
switchport trunk allowed vlan 101,121,122
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 1 mode on
Do these configurations work?
Thank in advance.
System Admin
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29117210/Use-Switch-in-the-place-of-TRUNK-link-between-router-and-server.html
all the best
Make sure you also set the vSwitch in ESXi to Route based on IP hash.
Also make sure you create the various Virtual Machine Portgroups with the correct VLAN Tag.
Senior System Engineer
Found the difference.
It looks like you are configure vlan 1 to be the native vlan without tag. In switch, you configured "switchport trunk native vlan 1", and other vlans must be in "switchport trunk allowed ...". Then for the vlan 1 in ESXi, you configured vlan 1 with vlan id 0.
My question is, can I replace this vlan 1 with 101, and set the vlan 101 with vlan id 0 in ESXi?
System Admin
Senior System Engineer
Thanks for your comments on the native vlan on cisco switch, and matching with those set in ESXi port-group.
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