We have a host with 2 onboard PNICs eth0, eth1, and 2 PCI-e PNICs, eth2, eth3.
I have created Vswitch0 using eth0, eth2 (no VLAN)
and created Vswitch1 using eth1, eth3 (VLAN32)
Vswitch0 contains 2 portgroups, both without VLANs: the VMKernel portgroup and a VMmgmt portgroup which contains the VCenter 5.5 appliance.
Vswitch1 is strictly for guests on the production network.
My VSphere management traffic should be on VLAN 86, and the Cisco switch ports connected to eth0, eth2 are set to access, VLAN 86.
I have communication with the host IP, but not with the VCenter IP.
Host and VCenter can ping each other, both have same router address as the gateway.
Specifying VLAN 86 for the host and Vswitch while trunking the Cisco ports leaves me with the same problem.
What am I doing wrong or is there a better way? I'm trying at the same time to provide redundancy at the NIC, switch or cable level for both networks, using the 4 PNICs I have, separating production and VSphere traffic.
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