From the navigation pane, select Data Center > Virtualization > Host pool name > Cluster name.
Click the vSwitches tab.
Click Add vSwitch.
Configure the basic parameters and advanced parameters.
Configure physical NICs.
Click OK.
Mgmt—Network for transmitting control layer data between Space Console and the hosts.
Service—Network for transmitting service data of VMs.
Storage—Network for transmitting data between hosts and IP SAN storage servers or distributed storage. This type of virtual switches cannot be used by VMs.
Backup—Network for transmitting backup data between VMs and remote servers. A host can have only one virtual switch or subnet of this type and the virtual switch cannot be used by VMs.
Migration—Network for transmitting memory and disk image data for VM migration. A host can have only one virtual switch or subnet of this type and the virtual switch cannot be used by VMs.
Other—Network for transmitting data other than previously mentioned.
Forwarding Mode: Forwarding mode of the virtual switch.
VEB—In Virtual Ethernet Bridge (VEB) mode, the traffic between VMs is forwarded through the software.
VXLAN(SDN)—The VXLAN (SDN) mode is designed for the VXLAN solution based on the SDN controller and the cloud compute management platform.
VLAN ID: VLAN ID of the interface connected to the protocol stack of the host.
MTU: Maximum packet length that the virtual switch allows in bytes. You cannot edit the MTU for virtual switch vswitch0.
Enable Multicast: Enabling multicast to enable the virtual switch to forward multicast traffic. You cannot enable multicast for virtual switch vswitch0.
Enable DPDK: Enabling DPDK can improve the network performance of the VM. ARM hosts do not support DPDK.
Physical NICs: Physical NICs used by the virtual switch. A physical NIC can be used by only one virtual switch. This parameter is unavailable if all physical NICs on the hosts have been used. If the virtual switch is not assigned a physical NIC, VMs attached to the virtual switch can communicate only with each other but cannot communicate with external networks. If you specify multiple physical NICs for the virtual switch, you must configure the link aggregation mode and LB mode.
IP: Enter the IP address of the kernel module of the host. If the virtual switch is connected to storage, you must configure this parameter. You do not need to configure this parameter for a service virtual switch.
Subnet Mask: Subnet mask of the IP address.
Gateway: Default IP gateway address of the virtual switch. A host can have only one gateway.
LAGG Mode: Link aggregation mode of the physical NICs. The dynamic link aggregation mode requires LACP on the physical switch. This parameter is available only when multiple physical NICs are selected.
LB Mode: Load balancing mode of the physical NICs. This parameter is available only when multiple physical NICs are selected.
Advanced—Performs load balancing based on Ethernet type, IP protocol, source IP address, destination IP address, source port, and destination port of the packets.
Basic—Performs load balancing based on the source MAC address and VLAN tag of the packets.
Active/Standby—Performs load balancing based on the primary and backup physical NICs. When the primary NIC fails, the system automatically switches the traffic to the backup NIC.
Fallback: Enabling this feature to switch services from the backup NIC back to the primary NIC after the primary NIC recovers. This parameter is required when the load balancing mode is Active/Standby.
Primary NIC Selection: Method used to select the primary NIC. This parameter is required when the load balancing mode is Active/Standby.
Rate-Based—The system automatically selects the primary NIC based on the rates of the NICs. The NIC with the highest rate becomes the primary NIC. When multiple NICs have the same rate, the system randomly selects a NIC as the primary NIC.
Manual—Specify the primary NIC by arranging the LB priorities of the NICs. The NIC with the highest priority is the primary NIC. You must configure the LB priorities for the NICs in this mode.