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For our example, we are configuring a HP 2810-48G switch. These commands should also work with the HP5400zl series.

Network Overview

There are a number of different networks and hosts involved with a traditional Emulab setup.

For servers, we will have three machines hosted on a VMWare server:

We also have on the network:

Initial Ports

Port Device
1 Uplink to Internet
2 Port for Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) for the VMWare server (PowerEdge 2950)
3 Trunked port for the VMWare installation on the PowerEdge 2950
4 APC 7902 Power Controller
5 Serial Controller
6-9 Control Network ports for our testbed nodes

VLANS

VLAN IP Range Use
2002 Depends (our minibed is behind a NAT on 10.0.23.0/24) Internet VLAN
2003 192.168.0.0/22 Control Network VLAN
2004 192.168.254.0/24 Control Hardware VLAN
2005 192.168.253.0/24 Users Network
2006 192.168.252.0/24 Boss Network

Diagram

Switch Configuration

VMWare Network Setup

For the minibed at ISI, the VMWare ESXi server is on a single trunked port.

Boss VM

Users VM

Router VM