Adding Additional NIC to LTM VE

How would I go about configuring VLAN trunking? Assume for purposes of discussion that I have 4 different VLANs that I will need to create VIPs on.

 

 

What I would like to be able to do is create a trunk with the three interfaces and then just tag the traffic with the appropriate VLAN ID so that our switches will handle the traffic appropriately.

 

 

Adding an additional layer of complexity, let me explain how our network is configured. The Virtual Host where the Big IP VM resides has multiple physical NICs. These physical NICs are connected to two physical Cisco switches and configured into a single Port Channel (the switches are connected with a stacking cable).

 

 

 

On the VM Host, we have configured a Distributed Switch (dvSwitch) with multiple Port Groups (dvPortGroup). Each of the Port Groups corresponds to a VLAN configured with the appropriate VLAN ID so that network traffic coming out of the Virtual Host is tagged appropriately and the switch then handles the rest.

 

 

 

Where I'm confused is that since each of the three virtual NICs assigned to the Big IP VM is configured for a specific port group, and I have more port groups (with appropriate VLAN ID) than I have virtual NICs, how do I configure the Big IP appliance?