Several external networks on a single vswitch

I am trying to understand (among others) if I need more a vmkernel on the same vswitch. It is related to a question I posted last week, but I understood some things since. Here is the configuration (slightly reduced for reasons of this discussion).

2 vSphere 5.5 hosts, each with:

1 vmnic connected to external switch capable of trunk ports (vSwitch0); It is currently the management network

1 vmnic connected to the switch for vmotion (vSwitch1)

1 vmnic connected via switch private iscsi array; the private switch VLANs separated for iscsi (vSwitch2)

VMotion and iscsi works very well, so I am concerned mainly with the external networking. Currently, all virtual machines are on VLAN not signposted. We will change to 2 VLAN tagged on different subnets - 10.1.10.x and 10.2.20.x. The VMs will have to talk to each other so that on different hosts. So, does that mean that I need 2 vmkernels on vSwitch0 - one for the 10.1 subnet and one for subnet 10.2? Then the Group at a port by vmkernel and matched vlan id for group of ports and vmkernel?

OR

I really only need a single vmkernel on vSwitch0 with 2 groups of different ports for the different VLANS? IE, VMs with different networks than network mgmt will be able to communicate through the external switch to virtual machines on other host?

Also, I expect that external ports must be set to allow 1 marked and tagged 10 labeled 20 - is that correct?

So, does that mean that I need 2 vmkernels on vSwitch0 - one for the 10.1 subnet and one for subnet 10.2? Then the Group at a port by vmkernel and matched vlan id for group of ports and vmkernel?

No.... you need not multiple VMkernel can use different virtual machine networks in your ESXi host.

I really only need a single vmkernel on vSwitch0 with 2 groups of different ports for the different VLANS? IE, VMs with different networks than network mgmt will be able to communicate through the external switch to virtual machines on other host?

Yes, just use the existing VMkernel management interface and create two groups of ports, one for each VIRTUAL local area network. Yes, VMs of different VLAN in network management will be able to communicate, BUT your physical switch must be configured to allow traffic from multiple VLANs.

Also, I expect that external ports must be set to allow 1 marked and tagged 10 labeled 20 - is that correct?

It should work.

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