Overview

• 802.1Q VLAN trunking driver is required inside the virtual machine
• 64bit Windows guest operating system automatically loads the 802.1q E1000 driver
• 32bit guest Operating Systems require manual configuration of the VMX file to point to the E1000 driver
• Physical switch is set to trunk mode by using VLAN ID 4095
• Windows: Only 64-bit Windows ships with the E1000 Drivers

Configuration of VirtualSwitch (vSwitch)

To set a standard vSwitch portgroup to trunk mode:

1. Edit host networking via the Virtual infrastructure Client.
2. Navigate to Host > Configuration > Networking > vSwitch > Properties.
3. Click Ports > Portgroup > Edit.
4. Click the General tab.
5. Set the VLAN ID to 4095. A VLAN ID of 4095 represents all trunked VLANs.
6. Click OK.

To set a distributed vSwitch portgroup to trunk mode:

1. Edit host networking via the Virtual infrastructure Client.
2. Navigate to Home > Inventory > Networking.
3. Right-click on the dvPortGroup and select Edit Settings.
4. Within that dvPortGroup, go to Policies > VLAN.
5. Set VLAN type to VLAN Trunking and specify a range of VLANs or specificy a list of VLANs to be passed to the Virtual machines connected to this portgroup.
   
   Note: To improve security, virtual Distributed Switches allow you to specify a range or selection of VLANs to trunk rather than allowing all VLANS via VLAN 4095.

Configuration of Windows TCP/IP

1. Download the e1000 NIC drivers from the Intel website into the 32-bit Windows virtual machine.
   
   Note: The preceding link was correct as of September 15, 2015. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.
    
2. Power off the virtual machine.
3. Configure the virtual machine to use the e1000 virtual NIC. Enter a new line (or replace the existing virtual NIC) in the .vmx file of the virtual machine:
   
   Ethernetn.virtualDev = "e1000"
   
   Replace n with the number of the Ethernet adapter. For example, the entry for the first Ethernet adapter that has number 0 is:
   
   Ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
    
4. Power on the virtual machine.
5. Configure the e1000 network connection.

1. Download ProWinx64 from Intel located here Network Adapter Driver for Windows
   
   Note: Intel has moved some drivers to historical status, if the above link does not have the correct driver, see this link for specific driver versions:
   
   http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-023752.htm?wapkw=e1g6032e
   
   Note: The preceding link was correct as of September 15, 2015. If you find the link is broken, provide feedback and a VMware employee will update the link.
    
2. Run this command to extract the Intel drivers downloaded to the temp folder:
   
   Prowinx64.exe /s /e /f "C:\temp
   
   If 7zip is installed, run this as alternate command on Windows PowerShell
   
   Get-ChildItem "*.exe" | foreach { C:\Windows\System32\7z.exe e -y $_.fullname
    
3. Right-click the network adapter and click Update Driver Software.
4. Click Browse my computer for driver software.
5. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
6. Click Have Disk.
7. Click Browse.
8. Browse to C:\temp\pro1000\winx64\ndis61\e1g6032e.inf.
9. Click Next to install the driver.
10. Repeat Steps 2-8 for each network adapter you have for the virtual machine.
11. After all the adapters are updated, run the Intel setup program. You should now be able to install the advanced network services software with VLANs.