computing.dwighthubbard.info

Thoughts on Computing and Virtualization

Jan 11 2008

Adding a Virtual Switch (vswitch) to VMware ESX with a specific number of ports

Posted by: dhubbard in VMWare

When creating a switch using “esxcfg-vswitch” it is possible to specify the number of ports for the new switch by adding placing a ‘:’ followed by the number of ports right after the vswitch name. So for example to create a vswitch named vSwitch7 with 256 ports the command would be:
esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch7:256

This entry was posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008 at 6:19 pm and is filed under VMWare. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Adding a Virtual Switch (vswitch) to VMware ESX with a specific number of ports”

Virtualization Short Take #13 - blog.scottlowe.org - The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers says:
July 17th, 2008 at 7:30 am
[...] ran across this very useful tip for creating a vSwitch with a specific number of ports. It looks like Dwight Hubbard, the [...]