Chapter 2. Planning and Configuring vSphere Networking

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This chapter covers the following subjects:

Configuring vSphere Standard Switches

Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches

Configuring vSS and vDS Policies

In our discussion on vSphere networking, I will address many topics, such as vSphere standard switches (vSS), vSphere distributed switches (vDS), port groups, and the properties for all of them. You can easily get overwhelmed in all the terminology, ...

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