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Policies set at the standard switch or distributed port group level apply to all of the port groups on the
standard switch or to ports in the distributed port group. The exceptions are the configuration options that
are overridden at the standard port group or distributed port level.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Applying Networking Policies on a vSphere Standard or Distributed Switch,” on page 257
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“Teaming and Failover Policy,” on page 259
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“VLAN Policy,” on page 267
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“Security Policy,” on page 269
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“Traffic Shaping Policy,” on page 273
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“Resource Allocation Policy,” on page 277
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“Monitoring Policy,” on page 278
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“Port Blocking Policies,” on page 279
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“Manage Policies for Multiple Port Groups on a vSphere Distributed Switch,” on page 279
Applying Networking Policies on a vSphere Standard or Distributed
Switch
You apply networking policies differently on vSphere Standard Switches and vSphere Distributed Switches.
Not all policies that are available for a vSphere Distributed Switch are also available for a vSphere Standard
Switch.
Table 22‑1. Virtual Switch Objects Where Policies Apply
Virtual Switch Virtual Switch Object Description
vSphere Standard Switch Entire switch When you apply policies on the entire standard
switch, the policies are propagated to all standard
port groups on the switch.
Standard port group You can apply different policies on individual port
groups by overriding the policies that are
inherited from the switch.
vSphere Distributed Switch Distributed port group When you apply policies on a distributed port
group, the policies are propagated to all ports in
the group.
Distributed port You can apply different policies on individual
distributed ports by overriding the policies that
are inherited from the distributed port group.
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