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Barracuda Networks recommends that you configure a port group to allow promiscuous mode.
Enable Promiscuous Mode on a vSwitch
Add a new port group, and set it to promiscuous mode. Then set your VM client to the port group.
Log into the
client, and select the ESX host.
vSphere
Click the
tab.
Configuration
From the
in the left pane, select
.
Hardware menu
Networking
On the summary page for the virtual switch, click the
link.
Properties
In the properties window that opens, you can modify the
configuration by port group. Under the
tab, virtual port groups are
vSwitch
Ports
listed. Under the
tab, physical network interface cards in the server are listed. To see a summary of a port group's
Network Adapters
settings, click its name. In the figure below, you can see that
is set to
(off).
Promiscuous Mode
Reject
Add a port group.
Under the
tab, click
.
Ports
Add
Select
and click
.
Virtual Machine,
Next
Enter a
, and set the
to
to enable
on the port group. This creates a VMware VLAN that
Network Label
VLAN ID
4095
trunking
lets the port group see the traffic on any VLAN without altering the VLAN tags.
Click
.
Finish