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Table 15 reports the relationship between virtual switches, network adapters and VLANs for each
hypervisor host.
Table 15 Configuration – Virtual switches, port groups and network adapters
Host
Virtual switch
Network Adapters
Port Group
VLAN ID
INFRA (M610) vSwitch0 vmnic0, vmnic1
Management
100
vCenters
100
Public
200
ESX1 (M710)
vSwitch0 vmnic0, vmnic1, vmnic2, vmnic3
Management
100
Public
200
Replication
300
vSwitch1
vmnic6, vmnic7, vmnic8, vmnic9
iSCSI
NONE
ESX2 (M710)
vSwitch0 vmnic0, vmnic1, vmnic2, vmnic3
Management 100
Public
200
Replication
300
vSwitch1
vmnic6, vmnic7, vmnic8, vmnic9
iSCSI
NONE
MGMT (M610)
vSwitch0 vmnic0, vmnic1
Management
100
Public
200
vSwitch1
vmnic2, vmnic3
iSCSI
NONE
The vSwitch0 and vSwitch1 layout on the ESX1 host are shown in Figure 20 and Figure 21.
Figure 20 Configuration – vSwitch0