What is vDS and VSS in VMware?

VSphere Standard Switch (vSS) and vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) provide network connectivity among virtual machines, different networks and workloads. You can use vSS and vDS at the same time, but not on the same networks or port groups. You must also have a vSphere Enterprise Plus license to install vDS.

What is a vDS port?

vDS is single virtual switch across all associated ESXi hosts and allows virtual machines to maintain consistent network configuration as they migrate across multiple hosts. Distributed switches forward frames at layer 2, support VLANs, NIC teaming, outbound traffic shaping, etc. Uplink port group.

What is the difference between standard switch and distributed switch in VMware?

vSphere Standard Switch is used to provide network connectivity for hosts, virtual machines and to handle VMKernel Traffic. Networking vMotion is not available in standard switch. vSphere Distributed switch. vSphere Distributed switch allows a single virtual switch to connect multiple Esxi hosts.

What is distributed port group in VMware?

A distributed port group specifies port configuration options for each member port on a vSphere Distributed Switch. Distributed port groups define how a connection is made to a network.

What is V motion?

VMware® VMotion™ enables the live migration of running virtual machines from one physical server to another with zero downtime, continuous service availability, and complete transaction integrity. VMotion is a key enabling technology for creating the dynamic, automated, and self- optimizing data center. benefits.

What is port Group?

A port group, as the name implies, is a grouping of switch ports. By applying a network policy to a port group, one can enforce security and traffic shaping rules. When you create a network-enabled virtual machine, you are in fact connecting its virtual adapters to one or more port groups.

How many uplinks are needed for a distributed switch?

You should have at least two uplinks configured for a VDS to allow for redundancy.

Why do we need VMkernel?

The VMkernel Networking Layer allows you to connect to the host. In addition, it processes the system traffic of IP storage, vSphere vMotion, vSAN, Fault Tolerance, and others. Similar VMkernel adapters can be created and used on the source and target vSphere Replication hosts to isolate replication data traffic.