Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
I find that many are challenged with understanding basic networking when it comes to building their home labs. I use VMware vSphere in my home lab environment. In the video we walk through understanding the basic constructs of VMware vSphere networking, VLANs, the vSphere standard switch, and networking with nested ESXi virtualization.
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Introduction to vSphere networking for home labs - 0:00
Introducting the features of the VMware networking stack - 1:24
How do you do things like tagging VLANS? - 2:00
How do you view the physical layer? - 2:20
Overview of the underlying configuration - 2:31
Describing my nested VMware ESXi environment - 2:50
Looking at the physical network adapters that uplink the ESXi hosts - 3:45
Speed of the network connection and other information - 4:36
Moving on to the default virtual switch and port group - 4:57
Describing vSwitch0 - 5:30
Looking at the management network and VMkernel port - 6:00
Looking at the DCUI to correlate information - 6:25
Looking at the management network in the DCUI - 6:45
Looking at which physical adapters are configured for management access - 7:00
Looking at the IP address configuration in the DCUI - 7:47
Matching up what we see from the DCUI in the vSphere Client - 8:07
Reviewing the overall picture of ESXi networking - 8:19
How do you create VLANs and connecting VMs to VLANs - 9:00
Describing the vSphere port group - 9:23
Looking at the default vSphere port group - VM network - 9:51
No VLAN tag associated with the default VM Network - 10:18
Creating a new port group - 10:37
Assigning a VLAN - 10:54
Assigning a port group to a virtual machine - 11:15
Overview of nested virtualization and networking considerations - 11:46
Describing nested virtualization - 12:43
How to think about nested ESXi networking - 13:30
Talking about tagged VLAN frames - 14:17
The requirements for the physical uplinks tagged with the appropriate VLAN frames - 15:31
Wrapping up the networking basics class for vSphere networking basics - 16:03
My VMware Home lab:
virtualizationhowto.com/2020/06/supermicro-vmware-home-lab
I find that many are challenged with understanding basic networking when it comes to building their home labs. I use VMware vSphere in my home lab environment. In the video we walk through understanding the basic constructs of VMware vSphere networking, VLANs, the vSphere standard switch, and networking with nested ESXi virtualization.
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction to vSphere networking for home labs - 0:00
Introducting the features of the VMware networking stack - 1:24
How do you do things like tagging VLANS? - 2:00
How do you view the physical layer? - 2:20
Overview of the underlying configuration - 2:31
Describing my nested VMware ESXi environment - 2:50
Looking at the physical network adapters that uplink the ESXi hosts - 3:45
Speed of the network connection and other information - 4:36
Moving on to the default virtual switch and port group - 4:57
Describing vSwitch0 - 5:30
Looking at the management network and VMkernel port - 6:00
Looking at the DCUI to correlate information - 6:25
Looking at the management network in the DCUI - 6:45
Looking at which physical adapters are configured for management access - 7:00
Looking at the IP address configuration in the DCUI - 7:47
Matching up what we see from the DCUI in the vSphere Client - 8:07
Reviewing the overall picture of ESXi networking - 8:19
How do you create VLANs and connecting VMs to VLANs - 9:00
Describing the vSphere port group - 9:23
Looking at the default vSphere port group - VM network - 9:51
No VLAN tag associated with the default VM Network - 10:18
Creating a new port group - 10:37
Assigning a VLAN - 10:54
Assigning a port group to a virtual machine - 11:15
Overview of nested virtualization and networking considerations - 11:46
Describing nested virtualization - 12:43
How to think about nested ESXi networking - 13:30
Talking about tagged VLAN frames - 14:17
The requirements for the physical uplinks tagged with the appropriate VLAN frames - 15:31
Wrapping up the networking basics class for vSphere networking basics - 16:03
My VMware Home lab:
virtualizationhowto.com/2020/06/supermicro-vmware-home-lab
