Gentlemen,
Thank you for your assistance it was very useful it helped me understand significantly better. I now have a partial working now set-up based on the VST arrangement http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1004074. Somewhat of a complex configuration though, so please bare with me here.
With what I have done thus far, it has lead me to another few questions regarding the set-up.
- 192.168.2.1 is the standard local default gateway - this router has all remote sub-net routes configured. Note: this router is managed by our ISP for our private IP network.
- 192.168.2.2 is the internet router that I manage - VLAN 200 has been configured on this router.
I face two issues with this VLAN arrangement. Remote sites/sub-nets (i.e. 192.168.3.x/192.168.5.x/192.168.12.x and so forth) are not be aware of the VLAN 200 (192.168.200.0/24) as it has only been configured on the internet Cisco 192.168.2.2 router. Does this mean I have to contact my ISP and ask them to configure VLAN 200 (192.168.200.0/24) on all my inter-site routers, or can RIP do this for me?
One other thing - on this newly configured VLAN, clients cannot ping past the routers IP of 192.168.2.2 to get to the next hop of 192.168.2.1 for inter-site communication (non native VLAN's only). What do I need to configure on 192.168.2.2 to get VLAN clients to communicate and see 192.168.2.1?
With 192.168.2.1, I think I need to contact our ISP and ask them to create a logical sub interface for VLAN 200 on all the remote routers?
Here is the config for VLAN 200 on 192.168.2.2:
interface FastEthernet2
switchport access vlan 200
switchport mode trunk
no ip address
!
interface Vlan200
description esxi server vlan
ip address 192.168.200.1 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside
ip virtual-reassembly in
!
SW1 and SW2 have been set-up with trunk ports configured with tagged VLAN 200 assigned.
VLAN clients (Servers) are configured with 192.168.200.1 as their default gateway. They can only communicate with devices directly connected to 192.168.2.2.
I have also assigned all vmnics as active uplinks vs the previous active/passive arrangement in the original posts screenshot.
Thanks for your assistance guys, hopefully I can finally get my head around all of this after some further feedback and finally complete the set-up.
Thanks once again. 