This document provides an agenda for a presentation on vNetworks. It will introduce standard and distributed vSwitches, key vNetwork terms, and review a common single NIC configuration scenario. The lab portion will provide hands-on experience with vNetwork configuration and management.

2. AGENDA
vNetwork
vSwitches
vNetwork Terms
vNetwork Configuration Scenario
Lab

3. Introduction to vNetwork

4. vSwitch
vSwitch Classified in two types
vNetwork Standard vswitch
vNetwork Distributed vSwitch

5. vNetwork Standard vSwitch
vNetwork Inventory
vSwitches 8 -4088 ports
Maximum of 512 port group on a host
Upto 10 virtual NICS per VM
VMXNET3 – Third generation

6. vNetwork Distributed vSwitch
Only in Enterprise
Private VLANs
Network vMotion
Allows you to use ( Nexus 1000-v)
Bi-directional Traffic Shapping

7. vNetwork Terms
VMWare NIC(vmnic)
Virtual switch (vswitch)
Service Console Virtual (vswifo)
Port Group Names(vkernel,vm network, Service
console)

8. vNetwork Configuration Scenario
Single NIC
Most Common
Default configuration
Private/Host Only