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5 Click Next.
6 In Select network adapter tasks, select Migrate virtual machine networking and click Next.
7 Configure virtual machine network adapters to the distributed switch.
a To connect all network adapters of a virtual machine to a distributed port group, select the virtual
machine, or select an individual network adapter to connect only that adapter.
b Click Assign port group.
c Select a distributed port group from the list and click OK.
8 Click Next and click Finish.
Use a Host as a Template to Create a Uniform Networking
Configuration on a vSphere Distributed Switch
If you plan to have hosts with a uniform networking configuration, you can select a host as a template and
apply its configuration for physical NICs and VMkernel adapters to other hosts on the distributed switch.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the distributed switch.
2 From the Actions menu, select Add and Manage Hosts.
3 Select a task for managing host networking and click Next.
4 Select the hosts to add or manage on the distributed switch.
5 At the bottom of the dialog box, select Configure identical networking settings on multiple hosts
and click Next.
6 Select a host to use as a template and click Next.
7 Select the network adapter tasks and click Next.
8 On the Manage physical network adapters and Manage VMkernel network adapters pages, make the
configuration changes that you need on the template host, and click Apply to all for all other hosts.
9 On the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
Example: Configure Physical and VMkernel Adapters by Using a Template
Host
Use the template host mode in the Add and Manage Hosts wizard to create a uniform networking
configuration among all the hosts on a distributed switch.
On the Manage physical network adapters page of the wizard, assign a physical NIC to an uplink on the
template host and then click Apply to all to create the same configuration on the other host.
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