This chapter described networking concepts and specific network configuration and features of vSphere 6.7. Virtual networking concepts are covered, both with standard and distributed virtual switches and its broad set of configuration features.
We have learned how to attach our VMs to the network and how the traffic flows from the VM, through the port group, virtual switch, and physical network cards of the ESXi hypervisor.
We have also covered advanced network functions. We have looked at how to provide fast and reliable network connection to the VMs using SR-IOV, how to guarantee or limit the throughput of different services, VMs, and network resource pools using NIOC, and we have learned how to filter and mark specific traffic flows using the traffic filtering and marking feature of the virtual distributed switch.
The next chapter will focus on another essential component...