VMware VDS and its principles of works
Here you will find out:
- what is VMware VDS
- how VMware VDS works
- how DiskInternals can help you
Are you ready? Let's read!
What is VMware VDS?
VDS stands for “Virtual Distributed Switch”, which is necessary for connecting network controllers of a virtual machine to second-level networks of the OSI model.
This is one of the newest communicators and is devoid of some of the shortcomings of previous versions of communicators.
So, VMware distributed switching needs configuration only once on vCenter Server; you do not need to configure standard vSwitch switches on each ESXi host manually.
It is this fact that makes dvSwitch(aka VDS) so popular.
How VMware VDS works
VMware VDS can be compared to a template resident in vCenter. When it is created, identical hidden standard vSwitch switches are created on all ESXi hosts that are added to VDS. The saved configuration is located at /usr/lib/vmware/bin/ESXi.
If you want to create a port group for VLANs on VMware VDS, then exactly the same port group will be created on all vSwitch ESXi hosts added to VDS. To make it easier to understand, think of VDS as the control panel, and the hidden standard vSwitch switches as the place of entry and exit (providing for centralized preparation of the virtual network). The main advantages of this kind of communicator are central support and administration, as well as monitoring.
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