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Distributed switch parallel to standard switch
we have a cluster of 14 hosts. All hosts have a 4-port 1Gbit network card. We use standard switches on the hosts with LACP. We recently bought the 10 Gbit cards. Our switches support 10G infrastructure. Our idea is to create a distributed switch parallel to existing standard switches, create new vlans and then switch all VMs one by one. Would that work like this? Can the distributed switch be created and configured without problems during normal operating hours?
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Yes, the two vSwitch types can co-exist.
André
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New Distributed switches can be created and Hosts added to them, ensuring that some uplink is moved along with it.
Later you can migrate if need vmk network along with VMs to the DVS, ensure all the relevant vLANS are available on the physical uplink and required port groups (DPG) are created for the same