Connecting a physical device to an isolated network
A problem that turns up from time to time is that physical devices need to be connected to an isolated test environment. The following section gives an idea of how to do it.
Getting ready
We will need to have a physical device connected to a VLAN that is routed to the ESXi servers. This means that the VLAN should be trunked to the ESXi servers and added to a Distributed Switch (or vSwitch) as a new port group.
We have everything else to create on the spot.
How to do it...
- Navigate to System | Manage & Monitor | Network Pools.
- Click on the green icon (+) to create a new Network Pool.
- Choose vSphere port group-backed.
- Select the vCenter you connected the VLAN to.
- Choose port group of the device to which ...
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