Setting vlan 0 using the ESXi 5 DCUI

Have you ever tried to change the vlan to 0 from the console of ESXi 5.0? Well if you have tried you know that it gives you an error saying the only valid range is 1-4094. If you need to set the vlan to 0 you will need to enable the ESXi shell and hit + to access the login prompt. Once you login follow the following steps:

1. Type esxcfg-vswitch -l to list the current config.

2. Lets say we want to change port group "Management Network" to be on vlan0
3. Type esxcfg-vswitch -v 0 vSwitch0 -p "Management Network" to configure the port group.

4. Thats it! If you type esxcfg-vswitch -l again you should see the VLAN ID changed.