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Verify that you have sufficient permissions to edit a distributed switch.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the Networking inventory view.
2 Right-click the vSphere distributed switch in the inventory pane, and select Edit Settings.
3 Select Advanced to edit the following vSphere distributed switch settings.
Option Description
Maximum MTU
Maximum MTU size for the vSphere distributed switch.
Discovery Protocol Status
Choose the status for discovery protocol on the vSphere distributed
switch.
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Enabled. Enabled discovery protocol for the vSphere distributed
switch.
1 Select Cisco Discovery Protocol or Link Layer Discovery Protocol
from the Type drop-down menu.
2 Set Operation to Listen, Advertise, or Both.
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Disabled.
Admin Contact Info
Enter the Name and Other Details for the vSphere distributed switch
administrator.
4 Click OK.
Add Hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch
You can add hosts and physical adapters to a vSphere distributed switch at the distributed switch level after
it is created.
Prerequisites
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Open a vSphere Client connection to a vCenter Server.
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Verify that you have sufficient permissions to edit a distributed switch.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the Networking inventory view.
2 Right-click the vSphere distributed switch in the inventory pane, and select Add Host.
3 Select the hosts to add.
4 Under the selected hosts, select the physical adapters to add and click Next.
You can select physical adapters that are not being used and physical adapters that are being used.
NOTE Moving a physical adapter to a distributed switch without moving any associated virtual
adapters can cause those virtual adapters to lose network connectivity.
5 For each virtual adapter, select Destination port group and select a port group from the drop-down
menu to migrate the virtual adapter to the distributed switch or select Do not migrate.
6 (Optional) Set the maximum number of ports on a host.
a Click View Details for the host.
b Select the maximum number of ports for the host from the drop-down menu.
c Click OK.
7 Click Next.
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