Cisco switch trunk to esxi port

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This is a Cisco Switch port TRUNK sample configuration.

 

Apply the following commands to Cisco Switch command line:

• interface GigabitEthernet1/1
• description VMware ESX - Trunk A - NIC 0 – Port Description
• switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q – ESX only supports dot1q and not ISL
• switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200 – Allowed VLANs
• switchport mode trunk – Enables Trunk
• switchport nonegotiate – ESX/ESXi does not support DTP dynamic trunking protocol. When configuring trunk port, set it to nonegotiate.
• spanning-tree portfast trunk – Enables PortFast on the interface when it is in trunk mode.

sample of ESX vSwitch configuration for VST mode:

• esxcfg-vswitch [options] [vswitch[:ports]]
• esxcfg-vswitch -v [VLANID] -p [port group name] [vswitch[:ports]]
• esxcfg-vswitch -v 200 -p "Virtual Machine Network 2" vSwitch1