Nutanix AHV + Brocade using native VLAN per port

Got one of our Nutanix demo boxes back from the field a while ago and set it up again in our demo lab.

Our lab network is VLAN segmented and the last time I did similar exercise, I had to set Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) to send tagged frames also for management (CVM/Hypevisor) traffic. Instructions for this can be found from Virtual LANs for your Acropolis Hypervisor Virtual Machines. This includes modifying bridge “br0” on all AHV hosts , one AHV host at time. And setting each Controller Virtual Machine (CVM) to use VLAN tagging.

However in the post above Nutanix recommends CVM and Hypervisor traffic to use “untagged” (or native VLAN).

I was wondering whether you could use native VLAN setting for management traffic by modifying switch configuration and skip making changes to AHV hosts and CVMs. It would be much easier especially if you have many AHV hosts. Just log in to your switch and make changes in one place rather than logging into each and every AHV host / CVM separately.

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Visio by DPTPB: Nutanix stencils (V2)

March 15, 2017 update notes for Visio by DPTPB stencil collection

Executive Summary

Completely rebuilt/redesigned DPTPB Nutanix Visio stencil
Bye-bye for original Nutanix rear view shapes
- I was never a fan of the original raster image based Nutanix shapes
- So I made my own modular vector image based Nutanix rear view shapes
All rear view Nutanix DPTPB Visio shapes come now with connection points for easier shape placement
Separate NIC shapes
Data is now within top-level shapes
- Like with all new style DPTPB shapes
- Easier to access “Shape Data” window by clicking top-level shape
  - Not really a problem with Nutanix shapes, but was a major source of frustration with switch shapes
  - Now both Nutanix and Switch shapes behave similarly
- Both front and rear view shapes