On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected]> wrote: >>I'm not sure it does, but I'll try setting the duplex/speed statically >>on the switch and server and see if that gets me anywhere. > > It is in the vmware NIC config where I had to set it.
First thing tomorrow, I'll try that and let you know. >>Below are two configs of the switch - one that has trunking but >>doesn't work, and the other that doesn't have trunking but does work - >>the configuration of the server is the same for each - a single >>vswitch with the management network and VM network on it. This machine >>has no local storage, it's booting from flash, so there are no VMs >>yet. Just the four active NICs set up with teaming based on IP HASH. > > So you loose connectivity when you trunk, can you describe the complete > Networking topology setup, It's the switch and the server, with nothing attached to the other than the 4 cables attached to the server to connect it to the switch. I've got one machine on VLAN 111 to test layer3 connectivity, and nothing else attached anywhere. > If you haven't any guests, I assume you are only > attempting to base connectivity off the vmk port. Correct. > Port groups can override vswitch > config, I am guessing your pg that the vmk port resides in is not inheriting > the > config you expect... Not sure what you mean by this. > Other things to check: > > Whats your Security settings on the vswitch (pg's)? Default - haven't touched anything yet. > Its possible you have a setting on the physical switch which is problematic, > enable > debug in a separate console and enable the trunk and see what happens. That's reasonable - I'm configuring the switch via the serial port - but the entire config for the switch is as you've seen. As I mentioned, it's the shelf spare, which I'm using for the configuration test bed. I'll reply again tomorrow when I know more. Thanks for walking through this with me, 'tis much appreciated. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
