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Learning VMware vSphere

By : Rebecca Fitzhugh, Abhilash G B
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Learning VMware vSphere

By: Rebecca Fitzhugh, Abhilash G B

Overview of this book

Computer virtualization is a method to enable the running of multiple application workloads on a machine to achieve efficient utilization and reduce the number of physical machines in a data center. This has now become the foundation of many modern day data centers. What began as a technology to virtualize x86 architecture has now grown beyond the limits of a server’s hardware and into the realm of storage and network virtualization. VMware is currently the market leader in developing data center virtualization solutions. This book goes into the details of designing and implementing VMware solutions that form the foundation of a VMware infrastructure. The book begins by introducing you to the concepts of server virtualization followed by the architecture of VMware’s hypervisor – ESXi and then by its installation and configuration. You then learn what is required to manage a vSphere environment and configure advanced management capabilities of vCenter. Next you are taken through topics on vSphere Networking, Storage, ESXi Clustering, Resource Management and Virtual Machine Management. You will then be introduced to SSL Certificate Management and its use in a vSphere environment. Finally, you will learn about the lifecycle management of a vSphere environment by effectively monitoring, patching and upgrading vSphere components using Update Manager. By the end of the book, you will know how to use VMware’s vSphere suite of components to lay the foundation of a modern day virtual infrastructure.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Learning VMware vSphere
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Advanced network configuration


With virtual switches created in your environment, it becomes extremely important to configure them in a manner that enables performance and security like any other form of networking. Both the standard vSwitch and VDS have plenty of configuration options, making them flexible enough to meet the workload networking demands. In this section, we will cover the advanced settings that are available on both the standard vSwitch and the VDS. In most cases, both the switching constructs have the same settings, with VDS including a few unique capabilities.

We will cover the following advanced topics:

  • Getting to the settings of a vSwitch, port group, dvPortGroup, and a dvPort

  • Virtual switch security settings

  • Traffic shaping

  • Load balancing and failover

  • Maximum transmission unit

  • Link aggregation protocol support and configuration

Getting to the settings of a vSwitch, port group, dvPortGroup, and a dvPort

The goal of this section is to try to help you find the settings of a vSwitch...