Vcap-Dca, Objective 2.4 - Commands And Steps

Front 1

List and view all vSwitches (vSS and vDS on a host)

Back 1

Command Line Interface Solutions and Examples, page 122

vicfg-vswitch -l

Front 2

Add an uplink to a DVPort on a DVSwitch

Back 2

Command Line Interface Solutions and Examples, page 122

vicfg-vswitch --add-dvp-uplink=<vmnic> -dvp=<dvport>

Front 3

Delete an uplink from a DVPort on a DVSwitch

Back 3

Command Line Interface Solutions and Examples, page 122

vicfg-vswitch --del-dvp-uplink=<vmnic> -dvp=<dvport>

Front 4

Apply Port Binding Settings

Back 4

Networking, page 26

From Inventory -> Networking

1. Select and expand the dvSwitch
2. Select the dvPortGroup and click on Edit Settings.
3. From General, in the right pane, select type of binding.

Front 5

Configure Live Port Moving

Back 5

From Inventory -> Networking

1. Select and expand the dvSwitch
2. Select the dvPortgroup and click on Edit Settings
3. Select Advanced to Edit the dvPortgroup properties.
4. Choose whether to allow live port moving.
5. Click OK.

Front 6

Enable vSphere Network I/O Control

Back 6

Networking, pages 35-37

From Inventory -> Networking

1. Click on the dvSwitch.
2. Click the Resource Allocation tab
3. Select Properties, and check the box to Enable Network I/O Control.

Front 7

Create a user-defined Network Resource Pool

Back 7

Networking, pages 35-37

From Inventory -> Networking

1. Click on the dvSwitch.
2. Click the Resource Allocation tab
3. Click on New Network Resource Pool
4. Configure the name and Resource Allocation of shares, as well as QoS priority tag (if needed).
5. Click OK

Front 8

Assign Port Groups to User-Defined Resource Pools

Back 8

Networking, pages 35-37

From Inventory -> Networking

1. Click on the dvSwitch.
2. Click the Resource Allocation tab
3. Click on Manage Port Groups.
4. Select a Port Group.
5. In the columns to the left, select a Network Resource pool from the list of User-Defined Network Resource Pools
6. Click OK.