Setting the Port Group
VLAN ID with ESXCLI
You can use
esxcli network
vswitch standard portgroup set
to manage VLANs.
VLANs allow you to further
segment a single physical LAN segment so that groups of ports are isolated as
if they were on physically different segments. The standard is IEEE 802.1Q.
A VLAN ID restricts port group
traffic to a logical Ethernet segment within the physical network.
- Set the VLAN ID to 4095 to allow a port group to reach port groups located on other VLAN.
- Set the VLAN ID to 0 to disable the VLAN for this port group.
If you use VLAN IDs, you must
change the port group labels and VLAN IDs together so that the labels properly
represent connectivity. VLAN IDs are optional.
You can use the following
commands for VLAN management.
- Allow port groups to reach port groups located on other VLANs.
Run the command multiple times to allow all ports to reach port groups located on other VLANs.esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup set -p <pg_name> --vlan-id 4095 - Disable VLAN for port group g42.esxcli <conn_options> network vswitch standard portgroup set --vlan-id 0 -p g42
Run
esxcli network
vswitch standard portgroup list
to list all port groups and
associated VLAN IDs.