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Create Port Groups

Jul 2017

What is a Port Group in VMWare

To be able to complete this section, you need to have created a vSwitch, if you have not done this then you can look here for information on how to create a vSwitch.

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).

Log in to the ESXi Web GUI, on the left hand pane select Networking.

At the top of the page, select Port Groups and then select Add port group.