Port allocation
The port allocation method determines how the pool of available dvPorts on a dvPortGroup is managed. There are two types of port allocation method:
- Elastic
- Fixed
Elastic is the default port allocation method for a dvPortGroup. As with vSphere 5.5, an elastic dvPortGroup has eight dvPorts by default. However, if there is a need for more dvPorts, let's say you connected more than eight vNICs to the dvPortGroup, then the port allocation is expanded automatically by the number of ports needed. When the ports are no longer needed the port allocation is reduced, but no lower than what was configured on the dvPortGroup.
Fixed allocation will configure the set value for the number of ports as the limit to the dvPortGroup. For instance, ...
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