Virtualization, Cloud, Infrastructure and all that stuff in-between

My ramblings on the stuff that holds it all together

Category Archives: Virtual Machine Networking

VMWare/Cisco Switching Integration

 

As noted here there is a doc that has been jointly produced between VMWare and Cisco which has all the details required for integrating VI virtual switches with physical switching.

Especially handy if you need to work with networking teams to make sure things are configured correctly to allow failover properly between redundant switches/fabrics etc. – it’s not as simple as it looks, and people often forget the switch-side configurations that are required.

Doc available here (c.3Mb PDF)

VLAN Tagging with ESX and HP Blade Virtual Connect Modules

 

Useful reference articles here, here and clarification from Scott here.

Looking like I’ll be doing a lot with the HP C-Class Blade chassis this year, so this is useful.