VLAN issues between linux kernels 2.6 / 3.3 in an ESX / Cisco environment
- by David Griffith
I shall attempt to explain an issue I have encountered -
I have a VM running on esx 4.1 with an interface connected to VLAN800 via an access port on a cisco 3750. It runs linux - kernel 2.6.24, and has about 5 to 10 Mbit of chatter on 10.10.0.0/16 and various multicast addresses to look after.
I needed to isolate certain devices from certain…