Palo_PTS1

 

Document Used : vMWare-PTS.pdf by Manish Tandon. (http://www-tac-sj.cisco.com/~jejoseph/SAN/UCS/vMware-PTS.pdf )

Internal to Cisco

VN-link in hardware is a vDS for VMWare using same vDS framework as Nexus1000v and available on UCS.
VEM exists on ESX server providing PTS functionality, while UCSM acts like VSM providing management plane.

1. Export Vcenter Extension and save it .
2. Install UCSM Extension in vCenter:

 

3.This is how Vcenter Plugin will look after UCSM Extension installation

 
 4. Creation of Datacenter/Folders in vCenter:

 a. Create a DataCenter PTS-DC
5. Creation of UCSM PTS Switch:

A.

B: SKIP FOLDER AND CREATE DATACENTER PTS-DC , SAME NAME AS IN VCENTER
 

C:CREATE FOLDERS TO PUT VSWITCHES:
 
D: Create DVSs:(click on it and put in enable)

 
 

E: Verify in FSM tab:
 F: Verify in vcenter:

 
 
6.CREATE PORT PROFILES:

a. for clean net

 

b. second port profile for second vlan:  ( please select native vlan , I missed here, if 143 needs to get tagged   or OS has to tag it or default native vlan in 6120 is vlan 143.

(by default native vlan is 1)

 these vlans already trunked up and present in UCSM LAN tab for other blades without PTS.

7. Port Profile has to be exported to vcenter.

Create port profile client for the port profile
 
Same for second port profile - create PC
 

 
Now the port profile added vswitch in UCSM: