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Uncovering virtual Networking Part-5: Forged transmit and MAC Address change

Uncovering virtual Networking Part-5: Forged transmit and MAC Address change

In previous port we explored Promiscuous mode policy. In this post, we are going to discuss MAC address Change and Forged Transmit policy settings. Well, these two policies are related to each other. So it is going to make much more sense to discuss both of them together.

As the policy name indicates, ‘MAC address change’ so it sounds something related to MAC addresses. So why not talk about…

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Uncovering vSphere Virtual Networking Part-2: Switches

Uncovering vSphere Virtual Networking Part-2: Switches

As discussed in previous post Part-1: Basics, we have two types of switches that are available in vSphere i.e. Standard switch and Distributed switch. So in this post we will explore these switch types. But before we do that, let’s dive into basics of switches in virtual architecture first.

What is a virtual switch?

A virtual switch is a software program that emulates a switch as a layer-2…

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