Creating vSwitches, Port Groups and assigning VLAN IDs

Add a physical NIC uplink to a virtual Switch: esxcfg-vswitch -L eg: esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch0 (adds the uplink of vmnic1 to vSwitch0) Create a Virtual Switch: esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1 Create portgroup on virtual switch: esxcfg-vswitch -A NewPortGroup vSwitch0 Add a VLAN ID to a port group: (VLAN ID 101 to NewPortGroup on vSwitch0) esxcfg-vswitch -v 101 -p NewPortGroup vSwitch0 Unlink a physical NIC to a virtual switch: esxcfg-vswitch -U vmnic1 vSwitch0 Link a physical NIC… More information...