[rlivermore]

Have a ESXi 4.1 cluster and configured each host vSwitch3 identically. I'm having trouble getting a multi VLAN setup on a vSwitch, specifically when I physically connect more than one port on the trunk group I lose newtork connectivity

I've setup a separate port group on the vSwitch and a trunk port group on the pSwitch for each hosts pPort and assigned the appropriate tagging for each VLAN on the pswitch. But when I connect more than one pport at the pswitch I loose network connectivity to all of the devices. The vmguests adapters are configured to use the proper network connection. The Switches are configured like so:

vSwitch3
vmnic3
port group: VM Network Voice VLAN - ID: 2
port group: SIP VLAN - ID: 999

pSwitch (ProCurve 5400 series)
Trunk name:: trk1
Type: LACP
Ifaces: F14 F17 F19
VLAN 999: UNTAGGED
VLAN 2: TAGGED

I tried removing the VLAN ID for each port group and leaving only one of them with an ID to no avail. I contacted HP support to ensure the trunk port group was setup correctly. I'm at a loss at what is causing this issue, any ideas?

[Dumber]

First thing I notice is you are using LACP with multiple interfaces.
But you are using only one vNIC.

That doesn't sound right...

[rlivermore]

So the port type should be set to "trunk" instead as that's my only other option?

[rlivermore]

So I set the NIC teaming to "Route based on IP hash" and set the trunk type to "Trunk" and now server in VLAN 2 can communicate properly. Thanks for the help!

[Dumber]

With a LCAP configuration you create basically a channel with 2 or more ports, in your case I think it where 3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherChannel

[rlivermore]

You are correct, there are 3 ports included in the trunk group.