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VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook If you prefer practice to theory then this is the ideal book for learning how to install and configure VMware vSphere components. Packed with recipes, it's a hands-on tutorial and reference guide for this unbeatable virtualization product.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849684026
Length 466 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (20) Chapters Close

VMware vSphere 5.1 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Upgrading to vSphere 5.1 FREE CHAPTER 2. Performing a Fresh Installation of vSphere 5.1 3. vSphere Auto Deploy 4. ESXi Image Builder 5. Creating and Managing VMFS Datastores 6. Managing iSCSI and NFS Storage 7. Profile-driven Storage and Storage I/O Control 8. Configuring the vSphere Network 9. Creating and Managing Virtual Machines 10. Configuring vSphere HA 11. Configuring vSphere DRS, DPM, and VMware EVC 12. Upgrading and Patching using vSphere Update Manager 13. Using vSphere Management Assistant (vMA 5.1) Index

Mapping a virtual machine's vNIC to a different port group


A virtual machine connects to the network via its virtual network adapter. The virtual network adapter of a VM is referred to as a vNIC. The vNIC connects to a port group on a vSwitch (Standard/Distributed). A vNIC cannot be directly connected to a vSwitch; it can only be mapped to any of the port groups present on the vSwitch. A port group is a set of ports on a vSwitch grouped together under a common configuration, for example, a VLAN.

If there is a need, we can reconfigure the vNIC to connect to another existing port group, or to a newly created port group. To learn more about creating and managing port groups read Chapter 8, Configuring the vSphere Network.

In this recipe, we will learn how to reconfigure a virtual machine to map its vNIC to different port groups.

How to do it...

The following procedure guides you through the steps required to map a VMs vNIC to different port groups:

  1. Navigate to the VM and Templates inventory view...

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