To enable connectivity and network isolation to the virtual infrastructure, configure the physical switches for the Management, Edge, and Resource Pods.
Procedure
- Configure the VLAN IDs on the two leaf physical switches.
The following VLAN IDs are only indicative. Replace them with VLAN IDs that fit the network design of your environment.
Table 1. Management Pod VLAN IDs VLAN ID
Function
Port Group
Network Type
100
ESXi Management
ESXi Management
Infrastructure
200
vSphere vMotion
vMotion Network
Infrastructure
300
vSAN Storage
vSAN Network
Infrastructure
400
NFS
NFS Network
Infrastructure
500
Replication
Replication Network
Infrastructure
10
VM Management
VM Management Network
Tenant
20
vCenter HA
vCenter HA
Network
Tenant
30
External
External Network
Tenant
40
Backup
Backup Network
Tenant
Table 2. Edge Pod VLAN IDs VLAN ID
Function
Port Group
Network Type
100
ESXi Management
ESXi Management
Infrastructure
200
vSphere vMotion
vMotion Network
Infrastructure
300
vSAN Storage
vSAN Network
Infrastructure
400
NFS
NFS Network
Infrastructure
10
VM Management
VM Management Network
Tenant
Trunk (0-4094)
External
External Network
Tenant
Trunk (0-4094)
Overlay
Overlay Network
Tenant
Table 3. Resource Pod VLAN IDs VLAN ID
Function
Port Group
Network Type
100
ESXi Management
ESXi Management
Infrastructure
200
vSphere vMotion
vMotion Network
Infrastructure
300
vSAN Storage
vSAN Network
Infrastructure
400
NFS
NFS Network
Infrastructure
10
VM Management
VM Management Network
Infrastructure
<N>
N: Any VLAN
Enhanced Data Path
Enhanced Data Path Network
N-VDS (E) VLAN
80
Enhanced Data Path (TEP)
Enhanced Overlay Network
N-VDS (E)
Overlay
<N>
N: Any VLAN
NSX-T Standard
Standard VLAN Network
N-VDS Standard VLAN
70
NSX-T Standard
(TEP)
Overlay Network
N-VDS Standard Overlay
<N>
N: Any VLAN
SR-IOV
SR-IOV Network
Tenant
- Configure ToR switches to terminate the vMotion and vSAN networks.
- Configure the MTU size of all the network components to a jumbo frame value on all assigned network ports.
The jumbo frame values vary by manufacturer. For example, to configure the MTU size of the Guest OS to 8986 bytes, you must configure the MTU size of the Physical switch to 9000 bytes.