Chapter 6. vSphere Network Design
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Determining network bandwidth requirements
- Standard or distributed virtual switches
- Providing network availability
- Network resource management
- Using private VLANs
- IP storage network design considerations
- Enabling jumbo frames
- Designing for VMkernel services
- Creating custom TCP/IP stacks
- vMotion network design considerations
- IPv6 in a vSphere design
Introduction
In order to effectively design a virtual network infrastructure, a design architect must understand the virtual network architecture, including which features are available and how they are configured. This chapter contains recipes that a design architect can use to design a virtual network architecture that provides ...
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