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Contents
Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Introduction to Virtual Connect ............................................................................................................... 7
Tunneled VLAN and Mapped VLANS ..................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 1: Single Domain/Enclosure Scenarios ..................................................................................... 12
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Scenario 1:1 – Simple vNet with Active/Standby Uplinks and Optional Link Aggregation 802.3ad (LACP) -
Windows .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 13
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Installation and configuration ..................................................................................................................... 15
Switch configuration ............................................................................................................................. 15
Optionally Configuring Additional Uplinks to a vNet (LACP) ..................................................................... 20
Switch configuration ............................................................................................................................. 21
Summary............................................................................................................................................. 23
Results ................................................................................................................................................ 23
Scenario 1:2 – Multiple Simple Networks with Active\Active Uplinks and Optional Link Aggregation 802.3ad
(LACP) - Windows .............................................................................................................................. 26
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 26
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Installation and configuration ..................................................................................................................... 28
Optionally Configuring Additional Uplinks to a vNet (LACP) ..................................................................... 32
Summary............................................................................................................................................. 38
Results ................................................................................................................................................ 38
Scenario 1:3 – Multiple Simple Networks Providing Redundancy and Link Aggregation 802.3ad (LACP) with VLAN
Tunneling – VMware ESX .................................................................................................................... 40
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 40
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 40
Configuring Uplinks to a vNet (LACP) ..................................................................................................... 40
Installation and configuration ..................................................................................................................... 42
Summary............................................................................................................................................. 49
Results ................................................................................................................................................ 49
Scenario 1:4 – VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with a Shared Uplink Set (SUS) with Link Aggregation using LACP
(802.3ad) – Windows ........................................................................................................................ 52
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 52
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 52
Configuring Uplinks to a vNet (LACP) ..................................................................................................... 52
Installation and configuration ..................................................................................................................... 54
Summary............................................................................................................................................. 60
Results ................................................................................................................................................ 60
Scenario 1:5 – VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with a Shared Uplink Set (SUS) with Link Aggregation using LACP
(802.3ad) – VMware ESX ................................................................................................................... 62
Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 62
Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 62
