Before we delve deeper into each of the settings, let's compare and contrast them for both vSphere Standard and Distributed Switches:
Category
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vSwitch
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dvSwitch
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Security
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- Promiscuous mode
- MAC address changes
- Forged transmits
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- Promiscuous mode
- MAC address changes
- Forged transmits
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Traffic shaping
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- Outbound (egress) traffic only
- Average bandwidth
- Burst size
- Peak bandwidth
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- Both inbound (ingress) and outbound (egress) traffic
- Average bandwidth
- Burst size
- Peak bandwidth
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Teaming and failover
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- Load balancing
- Route based on originating virtual port
- Route based on IP hash
- Route based on source MAC hash
- Use explicit failover order
- Failover detection
- Failover order
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- Load balancing
- Route based on originating virtual port
- Route based on IP hash
- Route based on source MAC hash
- Route based on physical NIC load
- Use explicit failover order
- Failover detection
- Failover order
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