Hi,

I am trying to understand what the advantage would be in moving the virtual interfaces (Service Console and VMkernel) to a vNetwork Distributed Switch.

It is easy to see the advantage in moving your standard "Virtual Machine" port groups to a vDS. This allows them to be setup once in vCenter and hosts can be added to them easily. The only configuration that needs to be done for each host is to select the uplink pnics. This prevents the duplication on every host that was required with standard virtual switches.

I have been playing with vSphere and noticed that you can setup the virtual interfaces (Service Console and VMkernel) on a vDS. I understand how to do this (and have done it in my test lab). However, I am not sure what the advantage of doing this is. Am I missing something obvious?

Whether the virtual interfaces are on standard switches or distributed ones they still need individual configuration for IP addresses etc. I don't feel that the workload is any less by configuring them on a vDS and I cannot really see any saved duplication.

Are there any advantages in moving the virtual interfaces to a vDS? Is there a recommended best practice?

Cheers,
David