vSphere Networking - VMware vSphere 7

1 vSphere Networking02 APR 2020 VMware vSphere ESXi Server can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware website at: , Hillview Alto, CA 2009-2020 VMware , Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright and trademark NetworkingVMware, vSphere Networking11 Updated Information121 Introduction to vSphere Networking13 Networking Concepts Overview13 Network Services in ESXi15 VMware ESXi Dump Collector Support162 Setting Up Networking with vSphere Standard Switches17vSphere Standard Switches17 Create a vSphere Standard Switch19 Port Group Configuration for Virtual Machines20 Add a Virtual Machine Port Group21 Edit a Standard Switch Port Group22 Remove a Port Group from a vSphere Standard Switch23vSphere Standard Switch Properties23 Change the Size of the MTU on a vSphere Standard Switch24 Change the Speed of a Physical Adapter24 Add and Team

2 Physical Adapters in a vSphere Standard Switch24 View the Topology Diagram of a vSphere Standard Switch253 Setting Up Networking with vSphere distributed Switches27vSphere distributed Switch Architecture27 Create a vSphere distributed Switch31 Upgrade a vSphere distributed Switch to a Later Version32 Edit General and Advanced vSphere distributed Switch Settings34 Managing Networking on Multiple Hosts on a vSphere distributed Switch35 Tasks for Managing Host Networking on a vSphere distributed Switch36 Add Hosts to a vSphere distributed Switch37 Configure Physical Network Adapters on a vSphere distributed Switch38 Migrate VMkernel Adapters to a vSphere distributed Switch39 Create a VMkernel Adapter on a vSphere distributed Switch40 Migrate Virtual Machine Networking to the vSphere distributed Switch42 Use a Host as a Template to Create a Uniform Networking Configuration on a vSphere distributed Switch43 Remove Hosts from a vSphere distributed Switch45 Managing Networking on Host Proxy Switches46 VMware .

3 Network Adapters on a Host to a vSphere distributed Switch46 Migrate a VMkernel Adapter on a Host to a vSphere Standard Switch47 Assign a Physical NIC of a Host to a vSphere distributed Switch48 Remove a Physical NIC from a vSphere distributed Switch48 Removing NICs from Active Virtual Machines48 distributed Port Groups49 Add a distributed Port Group49 Edit General distributed Port Group Settings53 Remove a distributed Port Group54 Working with distributed Ports55 Monitor the State of distributed Ports55 Configure distributed Port Settings55 Configuring Virtual Machine Networking on a vSphere distributed Switch56 Migrate Virtual Machines to or from a vSphere distributed Switch56 Connect an Individual Virtual Machine to a distributed Port Group57 Topology Diagrams of a vSphere distributed Switch57 View the Topology of a vSphere distributed Switch58 View the Topology of a Host Proxy Switch604 Setting Up VMkernel Networking61 VMkernel Networking Layer62 View Information About VMkernel Adapters on a Host64 Create a VMkernel Adapter on a vSphere Standard Switch65 Create a VMkernel Adapter on a Host Associated with a vSphere distributed Switch67 Edit a VMkernel Adapter Configuration69 Overriding the Default Gateway of a

4 VMkernel Adapter71 Configure the VMkernel Adapter Gateway by Using esxcli Commands72 View TCP/IP Stack Configuration on a Host72 Change the Configuration of a TCP/IP Stack on a Host73 Create a Custom TCP/IP Stack74 Remove a VMkernel Adapter745 LACP Support on a vSphere distributed Switch75 LACP Teaming and Failover Configuration for distributed Port Groups77 Configure a Link Aggregation Group to Handle the Traffic for distributed Port Groups78 Create a Link Aggregation Group79 Set a Link Aggregating Group as Standby in the Teaming and Failover Order of distributed Port Groups80 Assign Physical NICs to the Ports of the Link Aggregation Group81 Set the Link Aggregation Group as Active in the Teaming and Failover Order of the distributed Port Group81 Edit a Link Aggregation Group82vSphere NetworkingVMware, of the LACP Support on a vSphere distributed Switch836 Backing Up and Restoring Networking Configurations84 Backing Up and Restoring a vSphere distributed Switch Configuration84 Export vSphere distributed Switch Configurations84 Import a vSphere distributed Switch Configuration85 Restore a vSphere distributed Switch Configuration86 Export, Import.

5 And Restore vSphere distributed Port Group Configurations86 Export vSphere distributed Port Group Configurations 87 Import a vSphere distributed Port Group Configuration87 Restore a vSphere distributed Port Group Configuration887 Rollback and Recovery of the Management Network89vSphere Networking Rollback89 Disable Network Rollback91 Disable Network Rollback by Using the vCenter Server Configuration File91 Resolve Errors in the Management Network Configuration on a vSphere distributed Switch918 Networking Policies93 Applying Networking Policies on a vSphere Standard or distributed Switch94 Configure Overriding Networking Policies on Port Level95 Teaming and Failover Policy96 Load Balancing Algorithms Available for Virtual Switches98 Configure NIC Teaming, Failover, and Load Balancing on a vSphere Standard Switch or Standard Port Group102 Configure NIC Teaming, Failover.

6 And Load Balancing on a distributed Port Group or distributed Port104 VLAN Policy107 Configure VLAN Tagging on a distributed Port Group or distributed Port107 Configure VLAN Tagging on an Uplink Port Group or Uplink Port108 Security Policy109 Configure the Security Policy for a vSphere Standard Switch or Standard Port Group109 Configure the Security Policy for a distributed Port Group or distributed Port110 Traffic Shaping Policy112 Configure Traffic Shaping for a vSphere Standard Switch or Standard Port Group112 Edit the Traffic Shaping Policy on a distributed Port Group or distributed Port113 Resource Allocation Policy115 Edit the Resource Allocation Policy on a distributed Port Group115 monitoring Policy115 Enable or Disable NetFlow monitoring on a distributed Port Group or distributed Port116 Traffic Filtering and Marking Policy116vSphere NetworkingVMware.

7 Filtering and Marking on a distributed Port Group or Uplink Port Group117 Traffic Filtering and Marking on a distributed Port or Uplink Port124 Qualifying Traffic for Filtering and Marking132 Manage Policies for Multiple Port Groups on a vSphere distributed Switch135 Port Blocking Policies139 Edit the Port Blocking Policy for a distributed Port Group139 Edit the Blocking Policy for a distributed Port or Uplink Port 1399 Isolating Network Traffic by Using VLANs140 VLAN Configuration140 Private VLANs141 Create a Private VLAN141 Remove a Primary Private VLAN142 Remove a Secondary Private VLAN14210 Managing Network Resources 144 DirectPath I/O144 Enable Passthrough for a Network Device on a Host145 Configure a PCI Device on a Virtual Machine145 Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

8 146SR-IOV Support147SR-IOV Component Architecture and Interaction149vSphere and Virtual Function Interaction151 DirectPath I/O vs SR-IOV152 Configure a Virtual Machine to Use SR-IOV152 Networking Options for the Traffic Related to an SR-IOV Enabled Virtual Machine155 Using an SR-IOV Physical Adapter to Handle Virtual Machine Traffic155 Enabling SR-IOV by Using Host Profiles or an ESXCLI Command156 Virtual Machine That Uses an SR-IOV Virtual Function Fails to Power On Because the Host Is Out of Interrupt Vectors158 Remote Direct Memory Access for Virtual Machines159 PVRDMA Support160 Configure an ESXi Host for PVRDMA161 Assign a PVRDMA Adapter to a Virtual Machine162 Network Requirements for RDMA over Converged Ethernet163 Configure Remote Direct Memory Access Network Adapters164 View RDMA Capable Network Adapter164 Configure Remote Direct Memory Access Network Adapters165 Jumbo Frames167 Enable Jumbo Frames on a vSphere distributed Switch168 Enable Jumbo Frames on a vSphere Standard Switch168 Enable Jumbo Frames for a VMkernel Adapter168vSphere NetworkingVMware.

9 Jumbo Frame Support on a Virtual Machine169 TCP Segmentation Offload170 Enable or Disable Software TSO in the VMkernel 170 Determine Whether TSO Is Supported on the Physical Network Adapters on an ESXi Host171 Enable or Disable TSO on an ESXi Host171 Determine Whether TSO Is Enabled on an ESXi Host172 Enable or Disable TSO on a Linux Virtual Machine172 Enable or Disable TSO on a Windows Virtual Machine172 Large Receive Offload173 Enable Hardware LRO for All VMXNET3 Adapters on an ESXi Host173 Enable or Disable Software LRO for All VMXNET3 Adapters on an ESXi Host174 Determine Whether LRO Is Enabled for VMXNET3 Adapters on an ESXi Host174 Change the Size of the LRO Buffer for VMXNET 3 Adapters175 Enable or Disable LRO for All VMkernel Adapters on an ESXi Host175 Change the Size of the LRO Buffer for VMkernel Adapters175 Enable or Disable LRO on a VMXNET3 Adapter on a Linux Virtual Machine176 Enable or Disable LRO on a VMXNET3 Adapter on a Windows Virtual Machine176 Enable LRO Globally on a Windows Virtual Machine177 NetQueue and Networking Performance178 Enable NetQueue on a Host178 Disable NetQueue on a Host17811vSphere Network I/O Control180 About vSphere Network I/O control Version 3180 Enable Network I/O control on a

10 vSphere distributed Switch181 Bandwidth Allocation for system Traffic181 Bandwidth Allocation Parameters for system Traffic182 Example Bandwidth Reservation for Syst