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6 Select the LLDP mode from the Operation drop-down menu.
Option Description
Listen
ESXi detects and displays information about the associated physical switch
port, but information about the vSphere distributed switch is not available
to the switch administrator.
Advertise
ESXi makes information about the vSphere distributed switch available to
the switch administrator, but does not detect and display information
about the physical switch.
Both
ESXi detects and displays information about the associated physical switch
and makes information about the vSphere distributed switch available to
the switch administrator.
7 Click OK.
View Switch Information on the vSphere Client
When CDP or LLDP is set to Listen or Both, you can view physical switch information from the vSphere
Client.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the host from the inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab and click Networking.
3 Click the information icon to the right of the vSphere standard switch or vSphere distributed switch to
display information for that switch.
Switch information for the selected switch appears.
Change the DNS and Routing Configuration
You can change the DNS server and default gateway information provided during installation from the host
configuration page in the vSphere Client.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the host from the inventory panel.
2 Click the Configuration tab, and click DNS and Routing.
3 On the right side of the window, click Properties.
4 In the DNS Configuration tab, enter a name and domain.
5 Choose whether to obtain the DNS server address automatically or use a DNS server address.
6 Specify the domains in which to look for hosts.
7 On the Routing tab, change the default gateway information as needed.
8 Click OK.
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