01-16-2025 03:05 PM - edited 01-16-2025 03:09 PM
i installed wlc9800 17.16.01 on esxi8 , with dedicated port 10gb
Cisco core switch read it 10gb
Esxi read it 10gb
cisco wlc 9800 read it 1gb
is that normal with WLC 9800 or i miss something ?
WLC#show interfaces gigabitEthernet 1
GigabitEthernet1 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is vNIC, address is 0050.56bf.d3c3 (bia 0050.56bf.d3c3)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit/sec, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Full Duplex, 1000Mbps, link type is auto, media type is Virtual
output flow-control is unsupported, input flow-control is unsupported
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input 00:00:05, output 00:00:03, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/375/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 13000 bits/sec, 16 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
8532 packets input, 893763 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts (0 multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
47 packets output, 11055 bytes, 0 underruns
Output 0 broadcasts (0 multicasts)
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
1 unknown protocol drops
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 pause output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
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01-16-2025 03:31 PM
Actually it does not matter. The interfaces will be giga anyway. If you need more than 1 Giga, you can work with port-channel.
But the overall throughput is much less the 10 Giga.
Supports up to 2.1 Gbps of throughput in a centralized wireless deployment (low-throughput profile without SR-IOV)
With a high (enhanced) throughput profile, up to 5 Gbps can be reached on ESXi and KVM with the right set of network cards
01-18-2025 07:01 AM
On 9800-CL the name GigabitEthernetX is irrelevant because it's a virtual interface to a virtual switch and there is no direct relationship with the physical interface on the server.
"show int" shows "Hardware is vNIC" and "media type is Virtual" and although it shows "1000Mbps" that has no impact of the rate of traffic through the interface.
> is that normal with WLC 9800 or i miss something ?
That is normal for 9800-CL. You missed the fact that the 9800-CL is not directly connected to the 10G interface as a physical 9800-80 appliance would be.
01-16-2025 03:16 PM
As the interface is GigabitEthernet, the information you see is correct.
WLC#show interfaces gigabitEthernet 1
GigabitEthernet1 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is vNIC, address is 0050.56bf.d3c3 (bia 0050.56bf.d3c3)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit/sec, DLY 10 usec,
In order to achieve 10Giga the interface should be TenGigabitEthernet
01-16-2025 03:17 PM
how to make it TenGigabitEthernet and the installation read it 1gb
01-16-2025 03:22 PM
Which WLC size did you instaled?
01-16-2025 03:23 PM
large , private cloud
01-16-2025 03:31 PM
Actually it does not matter. The interfaces will be giga anyway. If you need more than 1 Giga, you can work with port-channel.
But the overall throughput is much less the 10 Giga.
Supports up to 2.1 Gbps of throughput in a centralized wireless deployment (low-throughput profile without SR-IOV)
With a high (enhanced) throughput profile, up to 5 Gbps can be reached on ESXi and KVM with the right set of network cards
01-16-2025 03:35 PM
thanks alot for your help , but i have another question does wlc9800 support port channel or from coreswitch side !
01-16-2025 03:42 PM - edited 01-16-2025 03:48 PM
Now you got me. Thinking better I dont believe you can configure the WLC with port-channel. You can use trunk but not port-channel.
On this guide we can see that only one interface is given as option for Management
On the following guide they show the configuration for ESXI. See the section "Configuring NIC Teaming on a Virtual Switch"
01-18-2025 07:01 AM
On 9800-CL the name GigabitEthernetX is irrelevant because it's a virtual interface to a virtual switch and there is no direct relationship with the physical interface on the server.
"show int" shows "Hardware is vNIC" and "media type is Virtual" and although it shows "1000Mbps" that has no impact of the rate of traffic through the interface.
> is that normal with WLC 9800 or i miss something ?
That is normal for 9800-CL. You missed the fact that the 9800-CL is not directly connected to the 10G interface as a physical 9800-80 appliance would be.
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