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Migrate to the VMware vMotion Distributed Switch
To migrate networking to the new distributed switch, complete the following steps:
1. In the vCenter web client, choose vCenter Inventory Lists > Distributed Switches.
2. Click the distributed vSwitch created for vMotion traffic.
3. In the right pane, click the Manage tab, click Settings, and choose the Topology menu item.
4. Click the Add Hosts to This Distributed Switch and Migrate Physical or Virtual Network Adapters icon.
5. Select Add Hosts and click Next.
6. Click New Hosts, select the hosts in the Cisco HyperFlex cluster that you want to migrate, and click OK.
7. Select the box for Configure Identical Network Settings on Multiple Hosts and click Next.
8. Select one host in the Cisco HyperFlex cluster to serve as the template for changes made to all the previously
selected hosts. Then click Next.
9. Select the boxes for Manage Physical Adapters and Manage VMkernel Adapters. Then click Next
(Figure 17).
10. In the upper pane, scroll down until you see the uplinks vmnic6 and vmnic7 on the template host. Click
vmnic6 and click the Assign Uplink button.
11. Choose Uplink 1 for vmnic6 and click OK (Figure 18).
12. Repeat steps 10 and 11, but this time choose vmnic7 and Uplink 2.
13. Verify that vmnic6 and vmnic7 are properly reassigned on the template host. Click the Apply to All button and
then click Next (Figure 19).
14. Click the VMkernel port assigned to vMotion traffic and click the Assign Port Group button.
15. Click the name of the distributed port group to be used by vMotion in the new switch and click OK (Figure 20).
16. Verify that the VMkernel port is properly reassigned on the template host. Then click the Apply to All button.
17. Enter the IP addresses that will be used by the vMotion VMkernel ports for the additional hosts, using a
comma-separated list. Then click OK.
18. Click Next twice. Then click Finish.