PortChannel and trunk config for ESX

[IPhoneRZ]

hello,

Maybe someone could advice me what are the best practices for configuration of Port-channle and its members for connection to ESX host.

Now I have config as below: 

int port-channel 1

 switchport mode trunk

 switchport nonegotiate

 swithport allowed vlan 10-20

int range gig 1/0/1-4

 switchport mode trunk

 switchport nonegotiate

 swithport allowed vlan 10-20

chanel-protocol lacp

chnnel-group 1 mode active

And Questions

1. Is it worth to add spanning-tree portfast trunk on port-channel and members interfaces ??

2.is it worth to add spanning-tree bpduguard enable on port-channel and memebrs interfaces ??

Thank you

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Your config looks correct, but if the servers are not from Cisco, you really don't need any Portchannels. All you would need to do is to configure the physical ports as trunk and configure high availability/IP flow on the VM side. The failover between the interfaces will work just fine.

1. Is it worth to add spanning-tree portfast trunk on port-channel and members interfaces ??

2.is it worth to add spanning-tree bpduguard enable on port-channel and memebrs interfaces ??

Sure, these commands work on both PO and physical interfaces.

HTH

[IPhoneRZ]

hello,

Thanks for info

I have one more question about  these two commands:  spanning-tree portfast trunk and spanning-tree bpduguard enable on trunk ports connected to esx , are these commands safe ?? I mean is something to cosider before  implementing them on trunk port to ESX?? 

Thanks

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

Those commands should be pretty safe to apply. Also, have a look at this post for more info. It is an old post but provides good info.

https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/enable-bpduguard-on-spanning-tree-portfast-trunk-port-yes-or-no/td-p/2534826

HTH