The following procedure will help you configure security, traffic shaping, teaming, and failover on vSwitch:
- Log in to the vSphere web client, navigate the vCenter inventory and select the ESXi host to create the vSphere Standard Switch on.
- With the ESXi host selected, navigate to Configure | Networking | Virtual switches to view the existing vSphere Standard Switched on the host.
- Select the vSwitch you would like to configure the settings on and click on the pencil
icon to bring up the Edit Settings window:
- On the Edit Settings window, go to the Security screen and select options Accept/Reject Promiscuous mode, MAC address changes, and Forged transmits:
- Go to the Traffic shaping screen, to enable it and configure average and peak bandwidth and burst size:
- Go to the Teaming and failover screen, to configure Load balancing, Network failure detection, Notify switches, and Failback. Once done, click OK to confirm the settings and to close the Edit Settings window:
