In vSphere, there's a new networking feature which can be configured on the distributed virtual switch (or DVS). In VI3 it is only possible to add one VLAN to a specific port group in the vSwitch. in the DVS, you can add a range of VLANs to a single port group. The feature is called VLAN trunking and it can be configured when you add a new port group. There you have the option to define a VLAN type, which can be one of the following: None, VLAN, VLAN trunking, and Private VLAN. But this can only be done on the DVS, not on a regular vSwitch. See screendumps below (both from vSphere environment)
To do this you must have Enterprise Plus license right?
ReplyDeleteYes, Distributed Virtual Switch is only in the Enterprise plus version (as well as host profiles)
ReplyDeleteHi! Can I assign a VLAN to one specific port / virtual machine?
ReplyDeleteYes, you can create a port group that only has one VLAN attached to it. And then you can choose to have only one VM connected to that VLAN...
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