Re: [Xen-users] XCP networking

[Todd Deshane <todd.deshane@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 7:45 PM, rvegas <robertvegas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have setup XCP on 2 X hp bl460c blades within a c7000 enclosure. The
> enclosure cisco 3020 switch has a trunk setup to a cisco 6500.
> reading through the docs it says that xcp will use a virtual switch and
> vlans. i'm a bit confused on how to setup the nic of the actual blade.
> the only option i have is to set it up as an access port. which means that
> its part of only one vlan.
>
> vm1 --- vswitch= vlan 12
> vm2 --- vswitch= vlan 14
>
> blade nic0 = vlan 12
>
> enclosure trunk vlan 12, 14
>
> so with the setup above, only packets from vm1 will get forwarded. i guess
> this is more of a cisco question.


from: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123489
"Configuring the XenServer management interface on a VLAN network is
not supported"

So be sure to use a different nic (not the management one) for your vlan stuff.

Creating vlans:
http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/5.6.0fp1/1.0/en_gb/reference.html#networking-standalone_host_config-vlans

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