Hi Jose,
I am not sure about the vSwitch idea, how to use it on vmware ESX I mean the
concept only. I have a cisco catalyst 2950 here.
The vSwitch is by default enabled in ESX, and the only thing this device
does is the switch packet WITHIN ESX virtual machines if needed.
If I run the ESX image and utilize the vSwitch with trunk port profile
enabled and the 5 vEthernets that PF needs am I going to need my physical
switch? or the vSwitch can handle all the job to run PF ZEN?
First, on the ZEN ESX vm, you only need to have 1 vEthernet, a TRUNK
one. You need to ensure that all the VLANs are sent tagged on the ESX
host physical port. We assume that your management VLAN is sent
untagged. You will still need your physical switches, nothing is
changed there....
I suggest that you have a quick look on the Packetfence ZEN documentation :
*Import to ESX*
Make sure that there is only one virtual network card created, and also
make sure that your vEthernet is connected to a virtual switch
(vSwitch). You will need to create a "TRUNK" profile to allow all VLAN
tags (usually VLAN 4095), and assign the profile to the PacketFence ZEN
VM vEthernet.
I hope it enlights your toughts :)
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