Advanced network configuration

With virtual switches created in your environment, it becomes extremely important to configure them in a manner that enables performance and security like any other form of networking. Both the standard vSwitch and VDS have plenty of configuration options, making them flexible enough to meet the workload networking demands. In this section, we will cover the advanced settings that are available on both the standard vSwitch and the VDS. In most cases, both the switching constructs have the same settings, with VDS including a few unique capabilities.

We will cover the following advanced topics:

• Getting to the settings of a vSwitch, port group, dvPortGroup, and a dvPort

• Virtual switch security settings

• Traffic shaping

• Load balancing and failover

• Maximum transmission unit

• Link aggregation protocol support and configuration

Getting to the settings of a vSwitch, port group, dvPortGroup, and a dvPort

The goal of this section is to try to help you find the settings of a vSwitch...