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Managing Virtual Switches in the VMware Host Client
In the VMware Host Client, you can congure various virtual switch seings, such as link discovery, NIC
teaming, and trac shaping.
View Virtual Switch Information in the VMware Host Client
In the VMware Host Client, you can view information about virtual switches, such as conguration,
network details, virtual switch topology, and so on.
Procedure
1 Click Networking in the VMware Host Client inventory and click Virtual switches.
2 Click on a switch from the list of available virtual switches.
Information about virtual switch conguration, network details, and virtual switch topology is
displayed.
Add a Standard Virtual Switch in the VMware Host Client
In the VMware Host Client, you can add a standard virtual switch to provide network connectivity for the
host that you are managing and for the virtual machines on that host, and to handle VMkernel trac.
Depending on the type of connection that you want to create, you can create vSphere standard switch with a
VMkernel adapter, connect an existing physical network adapter to the new switch, or create the switch
with a virtual machine port group.
Procedure
1 Right-click Networking in the VMware Host Client inventory and click Add standard vSwitch in the
pop-up menu.
2 (Optional) Click Add uplink to add a new physical uplink to a virtual switch.
3 Enter a name for the virtual switch and click Create virtual switch.
4 Select an uplink for the virtual switch.
5 Expand Link discovery and select an option for the virtual switch mode.
Operation Description
Listen
ESXi detects and displays information about the associated physical switch
port, but information about the vSphere Standard Switch is not available to
the switch administrator.
Advertise
ESXi makes information about the vSphere Standard Switch available to
the switch administrator, but does not detect and display information
about the physical switch.
Both
ESXi detects and displays information about the associated physical switch
and makes information about the vSphere Standard Switch available to the
switch administrator.
None
ESXi does not detect or display information about the associated physical
switch port, and information about the vSphere Standard Switch is not
available to the switch administrator.
6 In the Protocol section, select Cisco Discovery Protocol from the drop-down menu.
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