VMware vSphere 6.5 Cookbook - Third Edition

Introduction

Networking is the backbone of any infrastructure, be it virtual or physical. It enables connections between various infrastructure components. When it comes to traditional server-side networking components, we often talk about one or more physical adapters cabled to a physical switch. But things would slightly change when you install a hypervisor on a server and run a virtual machine atop. So why and what should change?

Firstly, now that we create virtual machines on the hypervisor, each of the virtual machines would need a network identity to enable it to become part of a network. Therefore, we create vNICs on the virtual machine that will appear as a network adapter to the guest operating system (Windows/Linux) that runs inside ...