To enable connectivity and network isolation to the virtual infrastructure, configure the physical switches for the Management, Edge, and Resource Pods.

Procedure

  1. 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
  2. Configure ToR switches to terminate the vMotion and vSAN networks.
  3. 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.