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Nandu_neo_36730's avatar
Nandu_neo_36730
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Mar 23, 2019

Is it possible to Trunk VLANs in LTM Virtual Editon?

Version is BIG-IP 11.6.3 and we were told we can only create 10 interfaces for a VM in VCenter as per VMWare Team and we need to add two more interfaces to the existing 9 interfaces. How can this be ...
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Stanislas_Piro2
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Mar 23, 2019

You must first configure VMWARE to support it:

 

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1004252

 

Configuration of VirtualSwitch (vSwitch)

 

To set a standard vSwitch portgroup to trunk mode:

 

  1. Edit host networking via the Virtual infrastructure Client.
  2. Navigate to Host > Configuration > Networking > vSwitch > Properties.
  3. Click Ports > Portgroup > Edit.
  4. Click the General tab.
  5. Set the VLAN ID to 4095. A VLAN ID of 4095 represents all trunked VLANs.
  6. Click OK.

To set a distributed vSwitch portgroup to trunk mode:

 

  1. Edit host networking via the Virtual infrastructure Client.
  2. Navigate to Home > Inventory > Networking.
  3. Right-click on the dvPortGroup and select Edit Settings.
  4. Within that dvPortGroup, go to Policies > VLAN.
  5. Set VLAN type to VLAN Trunking and specify a range of VLANs or specificy a list of VLANs to be passed to the Virtual machines connected to this portgroup.

Note: To improve security, virtual Distributed Switches allow you to specify a range or selection of VLANs to trunk rather than allowing all VLANS via VLAN 4095.