VMware Cloud Community
PKKR
Contributor
Contributor
Jump to solution

Promiscous Mode, MAC Address Changes, Forged Transmits

Hi,

What are the default values(accept/reject) for

Promiscous Mode

MAC Address Changes

Forged Transmits 

and what are the recommended values(accept/reject).

What is 'MAC Address Changes' & 'Forged Transmits'?

Thanks in advance.

-Prashant

0 Kudos
1 Solution

Accepted Solutions
LucD
Leadership
Leadership
Jump to solution

Thread moved to the ESXi community.


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

View solution in original post

0 Kudos
4 Replies
LucD
Leadership
Leadership
Jump to solution

Thread moved to the ESXi community.


Blog: lucd.info  Twitter: @LucD22  Co-author PowerCLI Reference

0 Kudos
Virtualinfra
Commander
Commander
Jump to solution

Default values are

Promiscous Mode           Reject

MAC Address Changes   Accept

Forged Transmits            Accept

Thanks & Regards Dharshan S VCP 4.0,VTSP 5.0, VCP 5.0
aravinds3107
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
Jump to solution

You can find more about security policies here

If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points by marking the answer correct or helpful |Blog: http://aravindsivaraman.com/ | Twitter : ss_aravind
RanjnaAggarwal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee
Jump to solution

Check this link i think this is best link to know more about these modes:-

http://kensvirtualreality.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/the-great-vswitch-debate-part-2/

Regards, Ranjna Aggarwal
0 Kudos