January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
574 pages
14h 44m
English
Port binding refers to the concept of associating a port of a dvSwitch (dvPort) to a virtual machine's NIC (vNIC).
There are different port binding methods available on a dvSwitch:
Static binding is the default method of port binding. vCenter assigns a dvPort to a virtual machine NIC when it is connected to the dvPortGroup for the first time. The assigned dvPort will remain reserved for the virtual machine until the virtual machine is removed from the port group. Temporarily disconnecting the vNIC will not remove the reservation. This type of binding has several advantages over the other types of binding methods because it retains the port statistics, which is essential ...
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