UCS mini + 4 switches, no VLANs

[Alex S.]

Hi all,

I have a UCS mini with 6324 I/O modules with 5x B200 m3 blades, each running ESXi 6.0.

I want to uplink the UCS mini with four cables to four separate switches for traffic, and I wish for each b200 ESXi host to see four separate vmincs, one on each network. The switches have no VLANs, but are running DHCP. I wish to get DHCP from each adapter.

How should I go about mapping the vNICs?  LAN Pin groups?

[Alex S.]

I think I found my answer in this document:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/gui/config/guide/3-0/b_UCSM_GUI_User_Guide_3_0/b_UCSM_GUI_User_Guide_3_0_chapter_010110.html

Looks like VLANs are required

[Qiese Dides · Accepted solution]

Hi Alex,

That is correct. You can also implement Layer 2 disjoint explained in the guide below for more secure access.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/unified-computing/white_paper_c11-692008.html

Hope this helps.

Qiese Dides