How to turn on MAC VLAN at VM in vSphere

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article describes how to enable MAC VLAN in vSphere Client.

Environment

7.0

8.0

Resolution

vSphere does not support MAC VLAN

If you want to achieve this feature in vSphere environment (VSS/VDS), you have to configure the following settings:

• PromiscuousMode: Accept
• MACAddressChanges: Accept
• ForgedTransmits: Accept
• Enabled Trunk or permit VLANs