Today we will look at Configuring Standard Switches in vCenter 5.5.
Open the vSphere web-client and navigate to Host and Clusters:
Click host which you want to create Virtual Switch and navigate to Manage tab and the Networking column and Select the Virtual Switches option:
Click on Add host networking icon:
Firstly we will look VMkernel Network Adapter so select that and click next:
Select New Standard Switch:
And then select Active Adapters, and click the green + to add a physical vmnic to the vSwitch:
As you see i set one adapter active and Standby adapter another one:
In the connection settings portgroup name, and if required a VLAN ID value.You can select required services .
Here you can use static ip address or take ip from DHCP automatically i will take this as default:
Click Finish to complete :
on the right side of screen you will see process of creating vSwitch:
As you see vSwitch1 created and there have 2 physical adapter which we added. So click add icon for create Physical Network Adapter:
Click on New Standard switch:
Select Active Adapters, and click the green + to add a physical vmnic to the vSwitch:
Click Finish to complete:
As you see vSwitch created and not any port group on it, So click green add icon to add port group on it:
Select Virtual Machine Portgroup for a Standard Switch and click Next:
Ensure that vSwitch2 is the existing standard vSwitch and click next:
Type a friendly network label for the portgroup name, as well as the VLAN ID:
Click Next and Finish to complete the configuration
As you see we created all three option. If you want to edit you can use edit(pencil) icon and X icon like as showed below:
