How do I create standard vSwitches in a HA cluster where the VM fails over to the same network?

[chrisknight]

I have a lab set up with 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts and vCenter.  I want to create a situation where each VM must have a dedicated NIC.  If I create vSwitchABC on host 1, what do I do on host 2?  Create vSwitchABC on that host too and connect it to the same physical switch?  Will that allow the host 1 to fail and the VM to come up on host 2 on that same network because the vSwitch names are the same?

Thanks!

[weinstein5 · Accepted solution]

Welcome to the Community - Yes you will have to create a vswitch on host 2 that has a Virtual machine port group with the same name as it is on Host 1 connecting to the same subnet as connected to on host 1-

[chrisknight]

Fantastic!  Thank you!  I'll test it out later.