6.5.1

Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the host.
2 On the Configure tab, expand Networking and select Virtual switches.
3 Select the standard switch you want to add a physical adapter to.
4 Click the Manage the physical network adapters connected to the selected switch icon.
5 Add one or more available physical network adapters to the switch.
a Click Add adapters.
b Select the failover order group to assign the adapters to.
The failover group determines the role of the adapter for exchanging data with the external
network, that is, active, standby or unused. By default, the adapters are added as active to the
standard switch.
c Click OK
The selected adapters appear in the selected failover group list under the Assigned Adapters list.
6 (Optional) Use the up and down arrows to change the position of an adapter in the failover groups.
7 Click OK to apply the physical adapter configuration.
View the Topology Diagram of a vSphere Standard Switch
You can examine the structure and components of a vSphere Standard Switch by using its topology
diagram.
The topology diagram of a standard switch provides a visual representation of the adapters and port
groups connected to the switch.
From the diagram you can edit the settings of a selected port group and of a selected adapter.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the host.
2 On the Configure tab, expand Networking and select Virtual switches.
3 Select the standard switch from the list.
The diagram appears under the list of virtual switches on the host.
Example: Diagram of a Standard Switch That Connects the VMkernel and
Virtual Machines to the Network
In your virtual environment, a vSphere Standard Switch handles VMkernel adapters for vSphere vMotion
and for the management network, and virtual machines grouped. You can use the central topology
diagram to examine whether a virtual machine or VMkernel adapter is connected to the external network
and to identify the physical adapter that carries the data.
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