Simplify and enhance the provisioning, administration and monitoring of virtual machine networking with VMware vSphere Distributed Switch. The Distributed Switch provides a centralized point of control for cluster level networking and moves beyond per host network configuration in virtual environments.
- Learn how TradeBeam uses Distributed Switch
- Read the vSphere Networking Whitepaper
- Check out the VMware Networking Blog
- See what VMware engineering has to say about Distributed Switch
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Features
The following is a list of the key features of VMware vSphere Distributed Switch.
Simplify and Enhance Virtual Machine Networking
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Improves visibility into virtual machine traffic through Netflow -
Enhances monitoring and troubleshooting using SPAN and LLDP
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Enables the new
Network I/O Control feature (now utilizing per VM controls)
- Simplified provisioning and administration of virtual networking across many hosts and clusters through a centralized interface.
- Simplified end-to-end physical and virtual network management through third-party virtual switch extensions for the Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch.
- Enhanced provisioning and traffic management capabilities through private VLAN support and bi-directional virtual machine rate-limiting.
- Enhanced security and monitoring for virtual machines migrated via VMware vMotion through maintenance and migration of port runtime state.
- Prioritized controls between different traffic types, including virtual machine, vMotion, FT, and IP storage traffic.
- Load-based teaming for dynamic adjustment of the teaming algorithm so that the load is always balanced across a team of physical adapters on the distributed switch.
