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+ | A Port Group contains one or more interfaces from Virtual Machines. A Port Group is created and assigned to a Virtual Switch (vSwitch). This then maps a Port Group to a Physical Interface via a vSwitch (you can't directly map Port Groups to Physical Interfaces). | ||
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+ | Log in to the ESXi Web GUI, on the left hand pane select <color # | ||
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+ | At the top of the page, select <color # | ||
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+ | The Add port group page will open. | ||
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+ | We need to enter some information here: | ||
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+ | **Name: | ||
+ | **VLAN ID:** Unless you have a good reason, leave this as 0 (default)\\ | ||
+ | **Virtual Switch:** This is the vSwitch you wish to assign this port group to, use the vSwitch you created earlier.\\ | ||
+ | **Security: | ||
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+ | Create a second <color # | ||
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+ | You will now be able to see both the <color # | ||
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+ | At the top of the <color # | ||
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+ | Click on the vSwitch you assigned the <color # | ||
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+ | This displays the information about your vSwitch, the part of interest here is the vSwitch topology diagram, this displays a graphical | ||
+ | representation of what you have just created. A larger view is below. | ||
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+ | Remember, here we are looking at a graphical representation of our vSwitch, on the left we see the two <color # | ||
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+ | To use this <color # | ||
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