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Troubleshooting network connectivity with Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) / External Switch Tagging (EST) mode on an ESX/ESXi host (1008001)

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To troubleshoot network connectivity with Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) mode, you must check the VLAN configuration on ESX/ESXi.
 
To check VLAN configuration on ESX/ESXi: 

  1. Verify the Virtual Switch (vSwitch) VLAN ID. For more information, see Configuring a VLAN on a portgroup (1003825).
  2. For Virtual Switch Tagging (VST) ensure that VMNICs uplink to switch port is set to TRUNK MODE.

    For External Switch Tagging (EST) ensure that VMNICs uplink to switch port is set to ACCESS MODE.

    For more information, see Sample switch port configuration for VLAN and TRUNK MODE (1006628).

  3. Utilize Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) information to establish switch port configuration settings and correct port configuration accordingly. For more information, see Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) network information via command line and VirtualCenter on an ESX (1007069).

    To test this functionality, do a PING and TCPDUMP analysis of ICMP messages. For more information, see Troubleshooting gateway IP connectivity issues via TCPDUMP command (1008017).
  4. If EtherChannel and NIC teaming is configured, verify EtherChannel configuration. For more information, see Sample configuration using EtherChannel, ESX  and a Cisco switch (1004048).
  5. You can use the ESXi Network Dump Collector in ESXi 5.0 for collecting data and further troubleshooting.  See the ESXi Network Dump Collector in VMware vSphere 5.0 (1032051) for more information.

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Update History

07/22/2010 - Added ESX 4.0 to Product Versions 06/18/2012 - Updated to include information about Network Dump Collector. Updated for 5.x. 07/26/2012 - Minor formatting changes.

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