Step 1
| On the menu
bar, choose
.
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Step 2
| In the
Work pane, click
Configure Interface, PC, and vPC.
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Step 3
| In the
Configure Interface, PC, and vPC dialog box, click
the
+ icon to select switches.
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Step 4
| In the
Switches field, from the drop-down list, choose the
desired switch IDs.
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Step 5
| Click the
+ icon to configure the switch interfaces.
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Step 6
| In the
Interface Type field, click the
VPC radio button.
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Step 7
| In the
Interfaces field, enter the appropriate interface or
interface range that is connected to the blade server.
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Step 8
| In the
Interface Selector Name field, enter a name.
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Step 9
| From the
CDP
Policy drop-down list, choose default
The default
CDP policy is set to disabled. (Between the leaf switch and the blade server,
CDP must be disabled.)
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Step 10
| From the
LLDP
Policy drop-down list, choose default.
The default
LLDP policy is set to enabled for the receive and transmit states. (Between the
leaf switch and the blade server, LLDP must be enabled.)
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Step 11
| From the
LACP
Policy drop-down list, choose
Create
LACP Policy.
Between the
leaf switch and the blade server, the LACP policy must be set to active.
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Step 12
| In the
Create
LACP Policy dialog box, perform the following actions:
- In the
Name field, enter a name for the policy.
- In the
Mode field, the
Active radio button is checked.
- Keep the
remaining default values and click
Submit.
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Step 13
| From the
Attached Device Type field drop-down list, choose
ESX
Hosts.
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Step 14
| In the
Domain
Name field, enter a name as appropriate.
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Step 15
| In the
VLAN
Range field, enter the range.
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Step 16
| In the
vCenter Login Name field, enter the login name.
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Step 17
| In the
Password field, and the
Confirm Password field, enter the password.
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Step 18
| Expand the vCenter field, and in the Create vCenter Controller dialog box, enter the desired content and click OK. |
Step 19
| In the
vSwitch Policy field, perform the following actions:
Between the
blade server and the ESX hypervisor, CDP must be enabled, LLDP must be
disabled, and LACP must be disabled so Mac Pinning must be set.
- Check the
MAC Pinning check box.
- Check the
CDP check box.
- Leave the
LLDP check box unchecked because LLDP must remain
disabled.
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Step 20
| Click
Save, and click
Save again. Click
Submit.
The
access policy is set.
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