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Add hosts to cluster
5.1.3 Create a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS)
This section provides the steps necessary to configure a vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS). A VDS is a virtual
switch that allows each host associated with it to have a consistent network configuration for both the host
and virtual machines running on them. Each VDS can be assigned multiple distributed port groups, which
includes the VLAN ID for the specified traffic. In this example, port groups for management, vMotion, and
vSAN traffic will be defined on a single VDS.
The default configuration for an ESXi host is a single standard vSwitch containing the ESXi management
VMkernel adapter. In this example the default condition of the hosts after completing section 5.1.1 is vmnic4
(10GbE NIC port) assigned to vSwitch0 with the management VMkernel adapter (vmk0). The following steps
show how to create the VDS, add port groups, and migrate the management VMkernel adapter to the new
VDS. The following steps can be used to create the VDS:
1. On the web client Home screen, select Networking.
2. Right click on vSAN datacenter. Select Distributed switch > New Distributed Switch.
3. Provide a name for the distributed switch (example: atx01-vds01-vSAN). Click Next.
4. On the Select version page, select Distributed switch: 6.5.0. Click Next.
5. On the Edit settings page:
a. Leave the Number of uplinks set to 4. (2 uplinks reserved for future use, can be removed at any
time)
b. Leave Network I/O Control set to Enabled.
c. Uncheck the Create a default port group box.
6. Click Next followed by Finish.
Create distributed switch