Administration Guide › Managing Virtual Environments › VMware vSphere and vCenter Server › Virtual Standard Switches and Virtual Distributed Switches in the vNetwork Panel › Actions

Actions

Use the appropriate actions to manage your Virtual Standard Switches and Virtual Distributed Switches. The following actions are available:

• Add vSwitch
• Update vSwitch
• Remove vSwitch
• Add Portgroup
• Update Portgroup
• Remove Portgroup
• Rename Portgroup

When you apply these actions, a dialog opens and prompts you to enter the required information. Possible fields are:

Switch Name

Specifies the switch name to perform the operation on.

NICs

(Optional) Specifies lists of physical NICs associated with the ESX host members.

Uplink Port Names

(Optional) Specifies a list of uplink port names to use.

Maximum Number of Ports

(Optional) Specifies the maximum number of ports for the Virtual Distributed Switch.

Bindtype

(Optional) Specifies the bind type of the port group. Valid values are:

earlyBinding

Assigns the ports when the VM binds to the portgroup. This type of binding ensures connectivity at all times, but permanently reserves the port. This binding type is the default.

lateBinding

Assigns a port to a VM if the VM is powered on and its NIC is in connected state. This binding type reassigns the port when the VM is powered off or its NIC is disconnected. LateBinding is configurable through vCenter.

ephemeral

Assigns a port to a VM if the VM is powered on and its NIC is in connected state. This binding type reassigns the port when the VM is powered off or its NIC is disconnected. Ephemeral binding is configurable through the ESX Host and vCenter.

Number of Ports

(Optional) Specifies the number of ports of the port group.

Portgroup Name

Specifies the port group name.

New Portgroup Name

Specifies the new port group name.

LAN ID vlanid

(Optional) Specifies an Integer value (vlanid) used for the virtual portgroup operations.