Configuring a Standard Virtual Switch

To use a VMware standard virtual switch, you use the following elements to configure the switch on an ESXi host.

HostNetworkSystem

– Managed object that represents the host’s networking configuration. This object’s properties point to the networking data objects you can use for network management, including

HostDnsConfig

and

HostIpRouteConfig

HostNetworkSystem

properties allow you to access

HostNetCapabilities

and

HostNetworkInfo

data objects, and access and modify the

HostNetworkConfig

data object.

HostNetworkSystem

includes methods for retrieving and changing the network configuration. See the

API Reference

for a complete list of methods and the permissions required to run them.

HostNetworkConfig

– Allows you to specify the network configuration for the host. You can apply the configuration by running the

HostNetworkSystem.UpdateNetworkConfig

method.

Network

– Represents a network accessible by either hosts or virtual machines. This can be a physical network or a logical network, such as a VLAN.

When you add a host to a vCenter Server system, or when you add a virtual machine to an ESX/ESXi host, a

Network

is added automatically.

HostSystem.QueryHostConnectionInfo

and

Datacenter.QueryConnectionInfo

both return a

HostConnectInfo

data object, which describes the current network configuration.

HostSNMPSystem

– Supports SNMP setup. See Setting Up SNMP.

VMware Standard Virtual Switch

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Configuring a Standard Virtual Switch