VMware vSphere: Add a new Port Group

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Port Group: Port groups in VMware environments allow you to logically carve up virtual ports that are available on a particular vSwitch. We can apply traffic policy rules at the port group level: security rules and traffic shaping. Port groups are where you can also assign VLANs to your traffic.


This set of directions will walk you through creating a new Port Group.

Steps

1. Go to vSphere > Hosts and Clusters > A Distributed Switch (we're picking Prod-1) > A VM under that switch (we're picking node1.wiredbraincoffee.com)

2. Click on the "Add Networking" button.




2. Select "Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch"




3. Select a switch




4. Give it a name




5. Click "Finish"