Configure internal network traffic with the VMware vSphere Distributed Switch using promiscuous mode to allow Virtual Network Sensor to monitor data.
ImportantThe following instructions are valid as of July 2023.
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Procedure
- Turn off your Virtual Network Sensor.
- On the VMware vCenter console, click the tab.
- Right-click the name of your switch, and then select Distributed
Port Group and New Distributed Port
Group.
- On the Name and location screen, specify the port group
name and location and click NEXT.
- On the Configure settings screen, view the default
settings and click NEXT.
- On the Ready to complete screen, review the settings and
click FINISH.
- Click the name of your switch.
- Click the Networks tab, right-click your port group
name, and select Edit Settings....
- Click Security, select Accept for
promiscuous mode, and click OK.
- Click the tab and click the name of your virtual
machine.
- Click .
- On the Edit Settings screen, click Network
adapter 2 and select Browse....
- Click the name of your port group and click OK.
- Click OK.
- Turn on your Virtual Network Sensor.