[ MULTI-CLOUD EXPERTISE ] VMware vSphere Virtual Standard Switch (vSS).

An Introduction to VMware vSphere Virtual Standard Switch (vSS). What is vSS? When you install ESXi, the default management port group is attached to the first vSphere Standard Switch that is created by the installation – vSwitch0. vSS can be connected to physical switches by using physical Ethernet adapters called Uplinks, and their important function is to connect the virtual network into a physical network as they are connected to a physical switch.

vSS provide network connectivity:
- Between VMS within the same ESXi host.
- Between VMS on different ESXi hosts.
- Between virtual and physical machines on the network.
- For VMkernel access to networks for vMotion, iSCSI, NFS, FT & ESXi management.

vSphere Standard Switch Properties:
- You can change the Size of the MTU on a vSS
- You can change the Speed of a Physical Adapter
- You can Add and Team Physical Adapters in a vSS
- You can View the Topology Diagram of a vSS