Create or manipulate virtual switches by using

esxcli network vswitch

or

vicfg-vswitch

. By default, each

host has one virtual switch,

vSwitch0

. You can create additional virtual switches or manage existing switches. See Setting Up Virtual Switches and Associating a Switch with a Network Interface.

Make changes to the uplink adapter by using

esxcli network vswitch standard uplink

or

vicfg-nics

. See Managing Uplink Adapters.

Use

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup

or

vicfg-vswitch

to add port groups to the virtual switch. See Managing Port Groups with vicfg-vswitch.

Use

esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup set

or

vicfg-vswitch

to establish VLANs by associating port groups with VLAN IDs. See Setting the Port Group VLAN ID with vicfg-vswitch.

Use

esxcli network ip interface

or

vicfg-vmknic

to configure the VMkernel network interfaces. See Adding and Modifying VMkernel Network Interfaces.