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Isolate traffic to improve security.
Prerequisites
Verify that the host is running ESXi 6.0 or later
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the host.
2 Click the Configure tab.
3 Select Networking, and click VMkernel adapters.
4 Click Add host networking.
5 On the Select connection type page, select VMkernel Network Adapter and click Next.
6 On the Select target device page, select the switch for the VMkernel adapter, and click Next.
Option Description
Select an existing network Use the physical adapter configuration of an existing distributed port group to
send data from the VMkernel adapter to the external network.
Select an existing standard switch Use the physical adapter configuration for the VMkernel adapter of an existing
standard switch.
New vSphere standard switch Assign a new physical adapter configuration for the VMkernel adapter on a new
standard switch.
7 On the Port properties page, select Provisioning from the TCP/IP stack drop-down menu.
The provisioning traffic becomes the only service that is enabled. You cannot use this VMkernel
adapter for traffic types other than provisioning.
8 Set the label, VLAN ID, and IP mode of the VMkernel adapter, and click Next.
9 (Optional) On the IPv4 settings page, select an option for obtaining IP addresses.
Option Description
Obtain IPv4 settings automatically Use DHCP to obtain IP settings. A DHCP server must be present on the network.
Use static IPv4 settings Enter the IPv4 IP address and subnet mask for the VMkernel adapter.
The VMkernel Default Gateway and DNS server addresses for IPv4 are obtained
from the selected TCP/IP stack.
Select the Override default gateway for this adapter check box and enter a
gateway address, if you want to specify a different gateway for the VMkernel
adapter.
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