Comments on: Trunks, Bonds, Bridges, and vLANs in Proxmox http://bitbud.com/2010/01/07/trunks-bonds-bridges-and-vlans-in-proxmox/ IT and other musings Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:14:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bitbud http://bitbud.com/2010/01/07/trunks-bonds-bridges-and-vlans-in-proxmox/#comment-100 bitbud Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:14:12 +0000 http://bitbud.com/?p=359#comment-100 There is already an IP and gateway defined on the primary management interface. The additional bridge and IP assigned on the "storage vLAN" is to facilitate direct access (no routing) to the storage vLAN. Since both IP's are assigned to the host computer, there can be only one default gateway, in this case the management interface. It is true, however, that the storage network is segmented and does not have any routes. There is already an IP and gateway defined on the primary management interface. The additional bridge and IP assigned on the “storage vLAN” is to facilitate direct access (no routing) to the storage vLAN.

Since both IP’s are assigned to the host computer, there can be only one default gateway, in this case the management interface.

It is true, however, that the storage network is segmented and does not have any routes.

]]> By: silopolis http://bitbud.com/2010/01/07/trunks-bonds-bridges-and-vlans-in-proxmox/#comment-74 silopolis Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:16:04 +0000 http://bitbud.com/?p=359#comment-74 Hi, and thank you very much for this article. It matches exactly what I'm about to do in my home lab. Nevertheles, I stil have one question. Talking about your storage/SAN network/vlan, you underline the fact that you don't set up a gateway configuring IP on the dedicated bridge. Is there a special reason for that, put aside that I suppose that the storage network is a flat strictly isolated ? If this is the case, I imagine that all machines connected to it must be multi-homed, with at least another leg plugged in, say a management VLAN, on which a gateway is configured (at least for updates)... Am I wrong ? Thank you in advance for your answer Bests Hi, and thank you very much for this article. It matches exactly what I’m about to do in my home lab.

Nevertheles, I stil have one question. Talking about your storage/SAN network/vlan, you underline the fact that you don’t set up a gateway configuring IP on the dedicated bridge. Is there a special reason for that, put aside that I suppose that the storage network is a flat strictly isolated ?

If this is the case, I imagine that all machines connected to it must be multi-homed, with at least another leg plugged in, say a management VLAN, on which a gateway is configured (at least for updates)… Am I wrong ?

Thank you in advance for your answer
Bests

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