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Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the Networking inventory view.
2 Select the vSphere distributed switch in the inventory pane.
3 On the Resource Allocationtab, click New Network Resource Pool.
4 Type a Name for the network resource pool.
5 (Optional) Type a Description for the network resource pool.
6 Select the Physical adapter shares for the network resource pool.
Option Description
Custom
Type a specific number of shares, from 1 to 100, for this network resource
pool.
High
Sets the shares for this resource pool to 100.
Normal
Sets the shares for this resource pool to 50.
Low
Sets the shares for this resource pool to 25.
7 Set the Host limit for the network resource pool in megabits per second or select Unlimited.
8 (Optional) Select the QoS priority tag for the network resource pool.
9 Click OK.
The new resource pool appears on the Resource Allocation tab under User-defined network resource pools.
What to do next
Add one or more distributed port groups to the network resource pool.
Add or Remove Distributed Port Groups from a Network Resource Pool
Add a distributed port group to a user-defined network resource pool to include in the network resource
pool all virtual machine network traffic from that distributed port group.
Prerequisites
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Open a vSphere Client connection to a vCenter Server.
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Create one or more network resource pools on the vSphere distributed switch.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the Networking inventory view.
2 Select the vSphere distributed switch in the inventory pane.
3 On the Resource Allocation tab, click Manage Port Groups.
4 (Optional) Select the user-defined network resource pool to associate with a single distributed port
group from the Network resource pool drop-down menu or select None to remove that distributed port
group from a user-defined resource pool.
5 (Optional) Select the user-defined network resource pool to associate with multiple distributed port
groups.
a Hold Ctrl to select multiple distributed port groups to modify, and click Assign multiple.
b Select the user-defined network resource pool to associate with the distributed port groups from
the Network Resource Pool drop-down menu, or select None to remove the distributed port
groups from all user-defined resource pools.
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