Deployment Guide

54 Dell EMC Networking Virtualization Overlay with BGP EVPN
10.9 Associate hosts and assign uplinks to LAGs
Note: Before starting this section, be sure you know the vmnic-to-physical adapter mapping for each host
adapter port connected to the leaf switches. This can be determined by going to Home > Hosts and Clusters
and selecting the host in the Navigator pane. In the center pane, select Configure > Networking > Physical
adapters. Vmnic numbering will vary depending on adapters installed in the host.
To add hosts and LAGs to the VDS:
1. In the vSphere Web Client, go to Home > Networking.
2. Right click on Mgmt-VDS and select Add and Manage Hosts.
3. In the Add and Manage Hosts dialog box:
a. On the Select task page, make sure Add hosts is selected. Click Next.
b. On the Select hosts page, Click the New hosts icon. Select the check box next to each host
and click OK > Next.
c. On the Select network adapters tasks page, be sure the Manage physical adapters box is
checked. Be sure all other boxes are unchecked. Click Next.
d. On the Manage physical network adapters page, each host is listed with its vmnics beneath it.
i. Select the first vmnic on the first host and click .
ii. Select lag1-0 > OK.
iii. Select the second vmnic on the first host and click .
iv. Select lag1-1 > OK.
e. Repeat steps i – iv for the remaining hosts. Click Next when done.
f. On the Analyze impact page, Overall impact status should indicate .
g. Click Next > Finish.