VPC for ESXi-1 & ESXi-2

VPC for ESXi-1 & ESXi-2

The collective goal of labs 3 is to create VPCs between Leaf1 (node-101) and Leaf2 (node-102) in order to connect to servers ESX-1 and ESX-2.

Physical Topology:

Solution :  There will be a series of elements which need to be created first before we can create the VPCs. The steps are:

• Create Interface Policies
• Create Interface Policy Group
• Create Interface Profiles (interface selectors)
• Create Switch Profile
• Create VPC Explicit Protection Group

Create Interface Policies

• From the main menu, choose “Fabric”
• From the sub-menu, Choose “Access Policies”
• From the left menu, expand “Interfaces Policies”
• Then, expand “Policies” to show a list of policies that are available to be configured

Creating Link Level Policy

• Highlight “Link Level” and right-click. Choose “Create Link Level Policy”
• A pop-up window will appear to create a Link Level Policy

• In the Create Link Level Policy Dialogue box. For Name, type “ten_gig”
• For Auto Negotiation, choose “off”
• For speed, click the drop-down and choose “10 Gbps”
• Click “Submit”

Create LLDP Policy

From the Interface Policies section, highlight “LLDP Interfaces”, right click and choose “Create LLDP Interface Policy”

• A pop-up window will appear to create a LLDP Interface Policy
• For Name, type “LLDP-Enable”
• The default for Receive State is already set to enable, we will accept the default.
• The default for Transmit State is already set to enable, we will accept the default
• Click “Submit”