01-17-2018 09:14 AM - edited 03-01-2019 05:25 AM
I need a VM appliance in Vmware that requires multi-Vlan trunk to up-link port. I created a Trunk Port Group (TPG) in Vmware vDS that include all Vmware dynamic Vlans. VM team connects the appliance to this TPG. The appliance requires static IP addresses, and STATIC Vlans.
For instance: My EPG1 Vlan 100 mapped to VM Vlan 3000 inside ACI, so I configured my appliance IP address in interface Vlan 3000, and it works.
My problem: VM team told me Vlan 3000 is dynamic and it will change when they do maintenance. If this Vlan 3000 changes, my appliance will be disconnected.
Question: Can I make EPG1 static to Vlan 3000 inside ACI? Or any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Trinh
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01-17-2018 09:42 AM
Trinh,
Then it should be possible to force the VLAN assignment by performing the following:
Snips for reference:
1 & 2:
3:
Port group VLAN usage (from VM Networking Tab):
Hope this helps!
-Gabriel
01-17-2018 09:19 AM
Trinh,
If you are referring to how ACI selects the VLAN to push down to the port group (and subsequently map to the EPG), there are methods to use a static VLAN depending on your version.
On older versions, the main methdo was through the usage of pre-provision which would require a static block of VLAN within the dynamic VLAN pool, at which point you had to specify that VLAN ID when associating the VMM domain to the EPG.
On later versions, the general association of VMM domain to EPG was enhanced to contain a section where you could specify a VLAN without beeding to use pro-provision.
-Gabriel
01-17-2018 09:25 AM
Gabriel,
Thanks for the suggestion. My ACI is 2.2(1o)
01-17-2018 09:42 AM
Trinh,
Then it should be possible to force the VLAN assignment by performing the following:
Snips for reference:
1 & 2:
3:
Port group VLAN usage (from VM Networking Tab):
Hope this helps!
-Gabriel
01-17-2018 11:32 AM
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