Defining the Host
Network Policies
When you configure host networks, you can
define specific policies for the network. The
HostNetworkPolicy
data object type
describes network policies for both virtual switches and port groups. If the
settings are not specified for the port group explicitly, the port group
inherits policy settings from the virtual switch with which it is associated.
The policies are defined by the following data
objects available as properties of
HostNetworkPolicy
.
- HostNicTeamingPolicy– Defines the connection to the physical network. This includes failure criteria, active and standby NICs, and failover and load balancing information. See NIC Teaming.
- HostNetworkSecurityPolicy– Defines the security policies for the network. See theESXi Configuration Guide.
- HostNetworkTrafficShapingPolicy– Establishes parameters for three traffic characteristics: average bandwidth, peak bandwidth, and maximum burst size.
You can also specify the VLAN policy by assigning
an integer to the
HostPortgroupSpec.vlanid
property. The VMkernel takes care of tagging and untagging the packets as they
pass through the virtual switch. See the
HostPortgroupSpec
and
HostNetworkPolicy
data objects
in the
API Reference
.