The document discusses managing the vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) via vCenter, emphasizing the importance of vCenter resilience and backup strategies. It explores various deployment considerations, including physical traffic separation and standard switch port configurations, and advises starting with a basic setup before adding advanced features. Additionally, the document mentions the comparison of different port binding methods and the implementation of Network I/O Control in a lab environment.

1. Managing the vSphere
Distributed Switch
Controlled and managed by vCenter, so making VC
resilient becomes important
Backup that database!
vCenter outage won’t affect general VM operation
Virtual vCenter or Physical vCenter?
Both fully supported just a few things to think about
VDS Deployment Considerations
Couple of ways to physically separate traffic
DMZ or other SSLF (Specialized Security Limited Functionality)
environments
NAS or iSCSI traffic
Confirm standard physical switch port config
Make them all the same!

2. Designing the deployment of your VDS can be
simple or more involved
Depends on depth of features you plan to use
Can get more complex if you want to physically
separate traffic
Storage on its own set of NICs
DMZ or other network with different security requirements
Suggested to start with basic deployment and then
start adding in other features such as NIOC
Design Considerations
Lab Managing the VDS
In this lab we will
Compare the different port binding methods
Implementing Network I/O Control