Wednesday, January 1, 2020

What is DVN, dvPort and dvPort group

What is DVN, dvPort and dvPort group?


DVN – vNetwork

Distributed Virtual Network, is the umbrella name under which the new network infrastructure components are grouped. The official name that customers will hear is vNetwork.

dvSwitch  (DVS or Distributed Virtual Switch - vNetwork Distributed Switch)

Abstraction of multiple hosts sharing the same configuration for vSwitches and port groups.

vSwitch  - vNetwork Standard Switch

The “standard” virtual switch that is available in ESX 3.x and 4.x without vNetwork

dvPort

Port in a dvSwitch that allows VMs, vnics, VMKernel or Service Console nics.
dvPort status is stored in VC Database, so it is persistent across hosts

dvPortgroup

A collection of DVPorts that share the same configuration.


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