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Advanced networking configuration options allow you greater control over your vSphere networking
environment.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Support,” on page 285
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“VLAN Configuration,” on page 286
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“Working With Port Mirroring,” on page 286
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“Configure NetFlow Settings,” on page 293
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“Switch Discovery Protocol,” on page 293
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“Change the DNS and Routing Configuration,” on page 295
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“MAC Address Management,” on page 296
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Support
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support in ESXi provides the ability to use Virtual Infrastructure features
such as NFS in an IPv6 environment. Use the Networking Properties dialog box to enable or disable IPv6
support on the host.
IPv6 is designated by the Internet Engineering Task Force as the successor to IPv4. The most obvious
difference is address length. IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses rather than the 32-bit addresses used by IPv4. This
increase resolves the problem of address exhaustion and eliminates the need for network address
translation. Other differences include link-local addresses that appear as the interface is initialized,
addresses that are set by router advertisements, and the ability to have multiple IPv6 addresses on an
interface.
In VMware ESXi 5.1, IPv6 is enabled by default.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Required privilege: Host.Configuration.Network Configuration
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Client Home page, click Hosts and Clusters.
2 Select the host and click the Configuration tab.
3 Click the Networking link under Hardware.
4 In the vSphere Standard Switch view, click the Properties link.
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