hi all,
just a quick question, apologies in advance for its' stupidity. i'm from a server background and not a networking background. I have implemented a Nexus 1000v evaluation on a server and need to get my head round port groups and uplinks etc.
i have the system-uplink and the vm-uplink and i understand what they do. i'm just unsure as to how the port profiles (non-uplink, the ones that show as vlans which you apply to the VM VNICs) map to them. I am guessing it is dependent on the VLANs that the uplinks are permitted to carry?
the system uplink (nic1) port profile carries the vlans 7, 240, 241 and 242, the vm-uplink (nic 2) carries vlan 242 only.
this is the config.
port-profile system-uplink
capability uplink
vmware port-group
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 7,240-242
no shutdown
system vlan 7,240-242
state enabled
port-profile vm-uplink
capability uplink
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 242
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile data242
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 242
no shutdown
state enabled
port-profile service.console
vmware port-group
switchport mode access
switchport access vlan 7
no shutdown
state enabled
i would like to make it so that if i configure the NIC setting on the Windows XP VM and i select data242 the traffic flows through the vm-uplink and not the system uplink. If i have duplicated vlans on these uplink port profiles, how do i know which uplink the VM is using?
sorry if this sounds like a dumb question! 
Andoni
