03-05-2012 07:38 AM - edited 03-07-2019 05:20 AM
I got my esx servers service console nics on trunk ports. how do I get dhcp/pxe working on these trunk ports to a specific vlan on bootup?
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03-05-2012 08:19 AM
Hi,
You may try to check MBA Configuraion Menu in BIOS setttings. If you can assign VLAN id, you will be fine.
HTH,
Toshi
03-05-2012 07:54 AM
Hi,
You need to assign VLANs(Port group) for ESX hosts. VSwitch should do VLAN tagging for you. You just configure trunk ports on network side.
HTH,
Toshi
03-05-2012 07:54 AM
Does the service console tag its packets on bootup?
03-05-2012 07:58 AM
how do I tag packets on pxe bootup?
03-05-2012 08:02 AM
So, it is liable that it sends untagged packets (you would otherwise have encountered some related settings some day or another...).
Perhaps could you then define the vlan you want to boot in as the native vlan on the trunk?
Axel
03-05-2012 07:59 AM
Hello,
If you can assign VLAN id for service console, you will be fine.
HTH,
Toshi
03-05-2012 08:09 AM
i need to pxe boot on the vmnic0. but I also need to have this on a trunk port so that i can tagg it in vsphere with vlan ids.
right now I cannot pxe boot off this vmnic0 because its on native vlan 1. the pxe/dhcp server is on vlan 60.
03-05-2012 08:19 AM
Hi,
You may try to check MBA Configuraion Menu in BIOS setttings. If you can assign VLAN id, you will be fine.
HTH,
Toshi
03-05-2012 08:46 AM
yes that works. thanks
03-06-2012 12:54 PM
ok pxe boots fine, but in esx installation esx cannot get ip from dhcp server
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