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 Validate VLAN Connectivity on Specific ESXi Physical NIC

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tbrock47 posted Jul 12, 2024 02:05 PM

Wondering if there was a way to execute a ping request or something similar from an ESXi host to validate VM connectivity on a specific VLAN.

For example, let's say I have built a new host cluster and want to move workload to this cluster.

The hosts have physical adapters connected to the same VDSwitch that the workload is running on.

How do we test prior to moving workload running on VLAN X that we have full layer 3 connectivity on the new hosts on that VLAN without just putting a VM on that host and pinging the VM network adapter.

From what I have seen ESXCLI has "Network Diag Ping" where you can specify a source interface (VMkernel), but we have no host vmks on that VD Switch.