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\"\"Configuring a Distributed Switch can be a pain, especially if you do it for the first time after using a virtual switch. A\u00a0virtual switch is mostly used in smaller environment with only a few ESXi hosts. Once you expand into 10+ ESXi hosts, you want to use a Distributed Switch to cut down the time it takes to configure an ESXi host\u00a0and enhance the manageability of the ESXi networking component.<\/p>\n

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However, with configuring a Distributed Switch, you also get\u00a0a whole new range of configuration options for the port groups. Below is the list of the options and what they mean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Option<\/strong><\/td>\nSetting<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port binding<\/td>\nStatic binding<\/td>\nAssign a port to a virtual machine when the virtual machine connects to the port group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDynamic binding ( < ESXi 5.0)<\/td>\nAssign a port to a virtual machine once it powers on for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEphemeral<\/td>\nNo port binding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Port allocation<\/td>\nElastic<\/td>\nWhen all ports are assigned, additional eight ports will be created.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFixed<\/td>\nWhen all ports are assigned, no additional ports will be created<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Network resource pool<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIf you created a network resource pool, select it here. If you didn’t create one, the drop-down will be empty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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