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Contents
About vSphere Networking 11
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Introduction to vSphere Networking 12
Networking Concepts Overview 12
Network Services in ESXi 14
VMware ESXi Dump Collector Support 14
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Setting Up Networking with vSphere Standard Switches 16
vSphere Standard Switches 16
Create a vSphere Standard Switch 18
Port Group Configuration for Virtual Machines 19
Add a Virtual Machine Port Group 20
Edit a Standard Switch Port Group 21
Remove a Port Group from a vSphere Standard Switch 22
vSphere Standard Switch Properties 22
Change the Size of the MTU on a vSphere Standard Switch 22
Change the Speed of a Physical Adapter 23
Add and Team Physical Adapters in a vSphere Standard Switch 23
View the Topology Diagram of a vSphere Standard Switch 24
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Setting Up Networking with vSphere Distributed Switches 26
vSphere Distributed Switch Architecture 26
Create a vSphere Distributed Switch 30
Upgrade a vSphere Distributed Switch to a Later Version 31
Edit General and Advanced vSphere Distributed Switch Settings 32
Managing Networking on Multiple Hosts on a vSphere Distributed Switch 33
Tasks for Managing Host Networking on a vSphere Distributed Switch 34
Add Hosts to a vSphere Distributed Switch 36
Configure Physical Network Adapters on a vSphere Distributed Switch 37
Migrate VMkernel Adapters to a vSphere Distributed Switch 38
Create a VMkernel Adapter on a vSphere Distributed Switch 39
Migrate Virtual Machine Networking to the vSphere Distributed Switch 41
Use a Host as a Template to Create a Uniform Networking Configuration on a vSphere
Distributed Switch 42
Remove Hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch 44
Managing Networking on Host Proxy Switches 45
Migrate Network Adapters on a Host to a vSphere Distributed Switch 45
Migrate a VMkernel Adapter on a Host to a vSphere Standard Switch 46
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