Differences between vnetwork standard switch (VSS) and vnetwork distributed switch (VDS)

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VSS: vswitches is configured on each ESXI/ESX host.

VDS: The configuration of VDS is centralized to VCenter Server. The Esxi/esx 4.x and ESXi 5.x hosts this belong to a dvswitch does not need further configuration to be compliant.

These features is available with both types of virtual switches:

    • Can forward L2 Frames
    • Can segment traffic into VLANs
    • Can use and understand 802.1q VLAN encapsulation
    • Can has more than one uplink (NIC Teaming)
    • Can has traffic shaping for the outbound (TX) traffic
These features is available only with a distributed Switch:
    • Can Shape Inbound (RX) traffic
    • Have a central unified management interface through VCenter Server
    • Supports Private VLANs (Pvlans)
    • Provides potential customization of Data and Control Planes

Source

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Overview of Vnetwork Distributed Switch Concepts (1010555)

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010555

Differences between vnetwork standard switch (VSS) and vnetwork distributed switch (VDS)

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