Networking
A virtual network provides two types of services to hosts and virtual machines:
Virtual machine communication to a physical network and between each other
VMkernel services, such as NFS, iSCSI, and vMotion, and their connection to a physical network
Network adapters and network configuration
To view or configure networking as well as network adapters, select a host from the inventory, and go to the Configuration tab. Select Networking from the left-hand side of the screen, and choose the type of networking to view: vSphere Standard Switch or vSphere Distributed Switch, as shown in the following screenshot:
Information about physical adapters available on a host can be accessed from the Network Adapters view under the Configuration tab. The following table shows the available adapter parameters:
|
Option |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Device |
Name of the network adapter |
|
Speed |
Actual speed and duplex of the network adapter |
|
Configured |
Configured speed and duplex of the network adapter |
|
Switch |
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