vmware dvs

To create a VMware distributed virtual switch (DVS), use the vmware dvs command. To remove the virtual switch, use the no form of this command.

vmware dvs { datacenter-name name | uuid dvs-uuid }

no vmware dvs

Syntax Description

datacenter-name name
VMware data centre name, including the path. The name can be a maximum of 256 characters. For example, DCName, DCFolder/DCName.
uuid dvs-uuid
Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the Distributed Virtual Switch (DVS) that the Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM) manages. The DVS UUID must be enclosed in quotes and can be a maximum of 80 alphanumeric characters.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

SVS connection configuration mode

Command History

Release
Modification
5.1(3)N1(1)
This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to create a VMware virtual switch:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# svs connection SVSConn
switch(config-svs-conn)# vmware dvs datacenter-name dc1
switch(config-svs-conn)#
 

This example shows how to remove a VMware virtual switch:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# svs connection SVSConn
switch(config-svs-conn)# no vmware dvs datacenter-name dc1
switch(config-svs-conn)#
 

Related Commands

Command
Description
show svs connections
Displays SVS connection information.
svs connection
Enables an SVS connection.