How to add a new VLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000 vSwitch on VMware with Cisco UCS

How to add a new VLAN on Cisco Nexus 1000 vSwitch on VMware with Cisco UCS

Example :- I have a new VLAN requirement to be added in my VMware environment

Step-1

Add VLAN on Cisco UCS (configure in LAN option on cisco UCS)

Step-2

Allow VLAN on the  Server NIC  (Configure on server profile)

Step 3

Create Vlan on Nexus1000V switch which you want to make available on Virtual Machines for example VLAN 21 for new application.

>conf  t

>vlan 21

>name newapp

Step-4

Add a Port profile for vethernet

port-profile type vethernet 21_Newapp

> vmware port-group

> switchport mode access

>switchport access vlan 21

>no shutdown

>state enabled

Step-5

Add a port profile Ethernet for uplink which is having the original server.

>port-profile type ethernet VM-uplink-10G

>vmware port-group

>switchport mode trunk

>switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,21

>channel-group auto mode on mac-pinning

>no shutdown

>state enabled

step-6

Assign the VM NIC to 21_newapp VLAN and check the connectivity.