To enable connectivity and network isolation to the virtual infrastructure, configure the physical switches for the Management, Edge, and Compute Clusters.
Procedure
- Configure the VLAN IDs on the two physical switches.
Note:
The following VLAN IDs are only indicative and used only to describe the deployment steps. Replace them with VLAN IDs that fit the network design of your environment.
VLAN
ID
Function
Port Group
Network Type
Management Cluster
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
20
vCenter HA
vCenter HA Network
Tenant
30
External
External Network
Tenant
40
Backup
Backup Network
Tenant
Edge Cluster
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
Compute Cluster
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>
Note: N indicates any VLAN ID.
Enhanced Data Path
Enhanced Data Path Network
VDS (E) VLAN
80
Enhanced Data Path (TEP)
Enhanced Overlay Network
VDS (E) Overlay
<N>
NSX Standard
Standard VLAN Network
VDS (S) VLAN
70
NSX Standard (TEP)
Overlay Network
VDS (S) Overlay
<N>
SR-IOV
SR-IOV Network
Tenant
- Configure ToR switches to terminate the vSphere vMotion and vSAN networks.
- Configure the MTU size to a jumbo frame value on all assigned network ports.
MTU jumbo frame values vary by manufacturer. For example, to configure the MTU size of the Guest OS to 8900 bytes, you must configure the MTU size of the Physical switch to 9000 bytes.
