Wireless Access

Hi Folks,

Thanks for taking the time to look at my question!

I have a MM-VA-500 Mobility Master Virtual Appliance, and I'm wanting it to go on an ESXi host. We use 7005 controllers which will be running 8.6, and we want the MM-VA to be "the same" from the standpoint of the interfaces compared to hardware controllers.

In looking at the instructions for building the VM, it seems we need to allow promiscuous mode. This may allow us to use trunks which terminate on a single virtual port There may be an issue with doing this in our InfoSec department. So, we could use the 4 virtual ports to get up to 4 VLANs running as separate access interfaces. But the problem is our "regular" 7005 controllers use trunks feeding 5 - 7 VLANs to port 0 of the controllers, and that port's trunked.

So the first short question is, can we do something to the OVA or the VM startup / BIOS / etc. that will allow us to have 8 interfaces, not 4 on the VM appliance? Basically, how can we emulate a 7008 controller?

If we do this, or if the are able to get by with the default 4 all attached to separate VLANs, will that "work", would our rules and policies still be able to handle what should have been trunked ports on separate ports.

Thanks,

Ambi

Hi Folks,

Thanks for taking the time to look at my question!

I have a MM-VA-500 Mobility Master Virtual Appliance, and I'm wanting it to go on an ESXi host. We use 7005 controllers which will be running 8.6, and we want the MM-VA to be "the same" from the standpoint of the interfaces compared to hardware controllers.

In looking at the instructions for building the VM, it seems we need to allow promiscuous mode. This may allow us to use trunks which terminate on a single virtual port There may be an issue with doing this in our InfoSec department. So, we could use the 4 virtual ports to get up to 4 VLANs running as separate access interfaces. But the problem is our "regular" 7005 controllers use trunks feeding 5 - 7 VLANs to port 0 of the controllers, and that port's trunked.

So the first short question is, can we do something to the OVA or the VM startup / BIOS / etc. that will allow us to have 8 interfaces, not 4 on the VM appliance? Basically, how can we emulate a 7008 controller?

If we do this, or if the are able to get by with the default 4 all attached to separate VLANs, will that "work", would our rules and policies still be able to handle what should have been trunked ports on separate ports.

Thanks,

Ambi

Hi Folks,

Thanks for taking the time to look at my question!

I have a MM-VA-500 Mobility Master Virtual Appliance, and I'm wanting it to go on an ESXi host. We use 7005 controllers which will be running 8.6, and we want the MM-VA to be "the same" from the standpoint of the interfaces compared to hardware controllers.

In looking at the instructions for building the VM, it seems we need to allow promiscuous mode. This may allow us to use trunks which terminate on a single virtual port There may be an issue with doing this in our InfoSec department. So, we could use the 4 virtual ports to get up to 4 VLANs running as separate access interfaces. But the problem is our "regular" 7005 controllers use trunks feeding 5 - 7 VLANs to port 0 of the controllers, and that port's trunked.

So the first short question is, can we do something to the OVA or the VM startup / BIOS / etc. that will allow us to have 8 interfaces, not 4 on the VM appliance? Basically, how can we emulate a 7008 controller?

If we do this, or if the are able to get by with the default 4 all attached to separate VLANs, will that "work", would our rules and policies still be able to handle what should have been trunked ports on separate ports.

Thanks,

Ambi