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Assign a Physical NIC of a Host to a vSphere Distributed Switch
You can assign physical NICs of a host that is associated with a distributed switch to uplink port on the
host proxy switch.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, navigate to the host.
2 On the Configure tab, expand Networking and select Virtual switches.
3 Select a distributed switch from the list.
4 Click the Manage the physical network adapters connected to the selected switch icon.
5 Select a free uplink from the list and click Add adapter.
6 Select a physical NIC and click OK.
Remove a Physical NIC from a vSphere Distributed Switch
You can remove a physical NIC of a host from an uplink on a vSphere distributed switch.
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 distributed switch.
4 Click the Manage the physical network adapters connected to the selected switch icon.
5 Select an uplink an click Remove selected adapters.
6 Click OK.
What to do next
When you remove physical NICs from active virtual machines, you might see the NICs you removed
reported in the vSphere Web Client. See Removing NICs from Active Virtual Machines.
Removing NICs from Active Virtual Machines
When you remove NICs from active virtual machines, you might still see the NICs you have removed in
the vSphere Web Client.
Removing NICs from an Active Virtual Machine Without a Guest Operating
System Installed
You cannot remove NICs from an active virtual machine on which no operating system is installed.
The vSphere Web Client might report that the NIC has been removed, but you continue to see it attached
to the virtual machine.
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