Wat is vmnic,vmknic,veth,vswif,vmfs etc?

[Trinadh]

i am a vmware newbe.Can anyone explain or atleast tell me what is the difference between those terms or place where i can find them?

[dominic7]

vmnic = A real phyiscal interface on an ESX host

vmknic = virtual network interface that is used by the VMKernel

veth = nothing, this isn't a real term, but it's probably the same thing as vswif

vswif = The virtual ethernet interface that is used by the service console

vmfs = VMware Filesystem, currently at version 3 is a journaled distributed filesystem used for storing VMs

[weinstein5]

I would also add that it is to the vmknic and vswif to which the VMkernel and Service Console IP addresses are assigned respectively.

[depping]

http://pubs.vmware.com/vi35/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm

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