Simplify and enhance the provisioning, administration and monitoring of virtual machine networking with VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch. VMware vNetwork 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 about vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Read the vSphere Networking Whitepaper
- Check out the VMware Networking Blog
- See what VMware engineering has to say about vNetwork Distributed Switch
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Features
The following is a list of the key features of VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch. For a comprehensive list of VMware vSphere features download the key features summary.
Simplify and Enhance Virtual Machine Networking
- 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.
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| NIC Teaming/ Port Channels |
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| Private VLAN | |
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| Associate VMs to Network | |
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| Network Monitoring | |
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| Nexus 1000V VSM Support -Standard IOS CLI -Network Provisioning -XML API |
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| Port Profile Inheritance | |
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| VMware Port Mirroring (Promiscuous) | |
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| ERSPAN – Port Mirror Across L3 Boundaries | |
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| CDP v1/v2 | |
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| Active/Standby Supervisor for Control Plane HA | |
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*Experimental Support
