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Procedure

  1. Create a new virtual distributed switch.
    1. Log in to the vSphere Web Client.
    2. Click Networking.
    3. In the left panel, select your data center.
    4. In the right panel, click the Create a new distributed switch icon.
      The New Distributed Switch window appears.
    5. Type a name for the switch and then click Next.
    6. Select the distributed switch version and then click Next.
    7. For Number of uplinks, set at least 2 if your SPAN traffic is on a dedicated NIC. Otherwise, set this value to 1.
      Note
      Note
      Trend Micro recommends using a dedicated NIC.
    8. For Network I/O Control, select one of the following options.
      • Disabled: If your SPAN traffic on a dedicated NIC.
        Note
        Note
        Trend Micro recommends using a dedicated NIC.
      • Enabled: If your SPAN traffic is on the same NIC as your monitored traffic.
    9. Uncheck Create a default port group.
    10. Click Next.
    11. Verify that the summary information is correct and then click Finish.
  2. Configure the virtual switch.
    1. Right-click the virtual distributed switch you created in the previous steps, and then select Settings → Edit Settings.
      The Edit Settings window appears.
    2. Click Advanced.
      The advanced settings appear.
    3. For MTU (Bytes), specify 1600.
  3. Add port groups to the virtual distributed switch.
    1. Click Networking.
    2. Right-click the virtual distributed switch you created in the previous steps, and then select Distributed Port Group → New Distributed Port Group.
      The New Distributed Port Group window appears.
    3. Type a name for the port group and then click Next.
    4. For Port binding, select Static binding.
    5. For Port allocation, select Fixed.
    6. For Number of ports, type the number of ports that you want to connect.
    7. Click Next.
    8. Verify that the settings on the summary screen are correct and then click Finish.
      The new port group appears on the Manage tab.
  4. (Optional) Repeat step 3 to add additional port groups.
  5. Add an ESXi host to the virtual distributed switch.
    1. Right-click the virtual switch you created in the previous steps, and then select Add and Manage Hosts.
      The Add and Manage Hosts window appears.
    2. For Select task, select Add host and manage host networking (advanced).
    3. Click Next.
    4. For Select hosts, click + New hosts to add managed ESXi hosts.
    5. Click Next.
    6. For Selet network adapter tasks, add a checkmark to Manage physical adapters and Migrate virtual machine networking.
    7. Click Next.
    8. For Manage physical network adapters, manage the physical network adapters according to your network environment.
    9. Click Next.
    10. For Analyze impact, specify No impact.
    11. Click Next.
    12. For Migrate VM networking, migrate the VM networking according to your network environment.
    13. Click Next.
    14. For Ready to complete, click Finish.
      The Add and Manage Hosts window closes.
    15. Click the virtual switch you created in the previous steps, click the Configure tab, and then click Topology to verify the virtual switch topology that you configured.