The connectivity of the virtual network to the physical network in a vSphere environment is accomplished by using one of two virtual switch technologies: the standard virtual Switch (vSwitch) or the virtual Distributed Switch (vDSwitch). VMware technologies like VMware HA, VMware DRS, and Fault Tolerance require that virtual switch configurations be consistent across all ESXi hosts in a cluster.
Standard or distributed virtual switches
How to do it...
To determine whether to use standard or distributed virtual switches, follow these steps.
- Identify the features and capabilities of virtual standard switches and distributed virtual switches
- Based on the design requirements, determine which virtual switch technology should be...