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3 Select General to edit the following distributed port group settings.

Option Action

Name

Type the name for the distributed port group.

Description

Type a brief description of the distributed port group.

Number of Ports

Type the number of ports on the distributed port group.

Port binding

Choose when ports are assigned to virtual machines connected to this

distributed port group.

Select Static binding to assign a port to a virtual machine when the

virtual machine connects to the distributed port group. This option is not

available when the vSphere Client is connected directly to ESXi.

Select Dynamic binding to assign a port to a virtual machine the first

time the virtual machine powers on after it is connected to the distributed

port group. Dynamic binding is depricated in ESXi 5.0.

Select Ephemeral for no port binding. This option is not available when

the vSphere Client is connected directly to ESXi.

4 Click OK.

Edit Advanced Distributed Port Group Settings

You can edit advanced distributed port group settings, such as override settings and reset at disconnect.

Procedure

1 Log in to the vSphere Client and select the Networking inventory view.

2 Right-click the distributed port group in the inventory pane, and select Edit Settings.

3 Select Advanced to edit the distributed port group properties.

Option Description

Allow override of port policies

Select this option to allow distributed port group policies to be overridden

on a per-port level. Click Edit Override Settingsto select which policies can

be overridden at the port level.

Edit Override Settings

Select which policies can be overridden at the port level.

Configure reset at disconnect

When a distributed port is disconnected from a virtual machine, the

configuration of the distributed port is reset to the distributed port group

setting. Any per-port overrides are discarded.

4 Click OK.

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