Cisco Cisco Expressway Installation Guide
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Serial interface
A VM Expressway has no physical serial interface; the serial interface is accessible through the console tab
of the VM guest.
of the VM guest.
Note that you can use CTRL+ALT to exit from the Console window (this is identified in the bottom right
corner of the vSphere Client window).
corner of the vSphere Client window).
Ethernet interfaces (NICs)
In VM Expressway the LAN interfaces are Virtual NICs. Appropriate drivers are set up as VM Expressway is
installed; configuration of IP addresses is carried out through the standard Expressway interface.
installed; configuration of IP addresses is carried out through the standard Expressway interface.
VM Expressway allocates 3 virtual NICs:
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the first is used for the standard LAN 1 interface
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the second is used if Dual Network interfaces is enabled (LAN 2)
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the third is reserved for future use
Allocating a virtual NIC to a physical NIC interface
Virtual NICs can be assigned to physical interfaces as follows:
1. Ensure that the physical NIC on the VM host is connected and operational.
2. Set up or check that there are Virtual Switches (vNetwork Distributed Switches) for each physical NIC.
(Select the host on which the VM Expressway will run, select the Configuration tab and select
Networking.)
Networking.)
3. Ensure that there is at least one Virtual Machine Port Group (with associated VLAN IDs) set up for each
physical NIC.
To add a new Virtual Machine Port Group:
To add a new Virtual Machine Port Group:
a. Click Properties on the appropriate Virtual Switch or vNetwork Distributed Switch.
b. Follow the network wizard.
b. Follow the network wizard.
4. Note the name of a Virtual Machine Port Group connecting to the required NIC.
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