{"id":5999,"date":"2019-04-11T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2019-04-11T11:47:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:47:48","slug":"bridging-all-vlans-into-through-a-vmware-esxi-vm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregsowell.com\/?p=5999","title":{"rendered":"Bridging all VLANs Into\/Through A VMware ESXi VM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I was assisting with a Preseem server configuration. These boxes want to be bridged in the traffic path. If you want to do this in an ESXi VM, this can be a little obtuse.<\/p>\n

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First create two new virtual switches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Next add a single physical NIC to each virtual switch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Edit each virtual switch and under security, enable all of the things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Next, add a port group to to each virtual switch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Here’s the secret sauce. Edit the port groups and set the VLAN to 4095!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

As per this VMware link<\/a>, setting the VLAN to 4095<\/strong> will instruct the vswitch to pass all VLANs<\/strong> through unmolested. Of course the switch or router ports on either end need to be trunking all vlans you want to move across your connection.<\/p>\n

Your VM server will need to configure a bridge interface, and the NICs added to it, thus the traffic will move through.<\/p>\n

Good luck, and happy bridging \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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