If you are new to VMware ESXi or NSX environment and find yourself in a situation where you have to troubleshoot connectivity issues, having list of commands that can provide information about switchports/uplinks and help you get packet captures would save a lot of time. In this blog post we will talk about 10 commands […]
Category: network and server virtualization
Understanding basics of VMware ESXi networking
In this blog post we will discuss some fundamental ESXi networking concepts and observe VM to VM communication through packet captures on ESXi. Virtual Switch connects virtual NICs to Physical NICs. A virtual switch (vswitch) has different ports or port-groups that can be used for VM networking and management services. VM port group on a […]