Prerequisite:
To create a vSwitch, you might be required to connect an additional physical NIC on the ESX.
After you install the Virtual Sensor, you need a standard vSwitch to which you will connect the management port of the Virtual Sensor. If you have installed the Manager on the same ESX, you can connect it to this switch as well. When you create a standard vSwitch, ESX creates a default port group for this vSwitch.
Steps:
Connect an additional physical NIC on the ESX to the adjacent physical switch.
This is required for the vSwitch that you are creating.
Log on to the ESX as the root user in VMware vSphere Web Client.
Select the required ESX server and select Configure → Networking → Virtual switches.
Click the ADD NETWORKING tab.
For Select connection type, select Physical Network Adapter (as an example) and click NEXT.
Selecting the connection type depends on your network design and requirements. For example, if the Manager is installed on a physical machine, you must select Physical Network Adapter in such a scenario. Otherwise, the Sensor and the Manager will not be able to communicate. If the Manager is installed on a virtual machine and you plan to use the same vSwitch for both the Sensor management port and the Manager, you might choose Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch. For the scenarios explained in this document, select Physical Network Adapter.
In the Select target device section, select New standard switch, set the value of MTU (Bytes) to
1500(default value), and then click NEXT.
Click NEXT to proceed to the next step.
In the Create a Standard Switch section, click the Add adapters (+) icon.
In the Add Physical Adapters to the Switch window, select the required network adapter and click OK.
Make sure that a physical NIC corresponding to the network adapter you selected is connected to the network.
Verify the properties of the selected adapter and click NEXT and then, click FINISH.
The vSwitch that you created is listed in the Virtual switches section.
Add the required switch port groups for the vSwitch that you created. To add, expand the specific vSwitch node and click the ADD NETWORKING tab.
In the Select connection type section, select Virtual Machine Port Group for a Standard Switch and then click NEXT.
In the Select target device section, click on Select an existing standard switch and make sure the vSwitch that you created is selected. Then, click NEXT.
In the Network Label field, enter the required name for the default port group that the wizard creates for the switch.
You can modify Network Label later. For easier management, you can name it as Management Port Group.
Optionally, in VLAN ID field, select All (4095) and click NEXT.
If required, you can specify the required VLAN ID as per your network configuration.
Review the details displayed in the Ready to complete section and click FINISH.
This vSwitch is now listed with the switch port group that you created.
Navigate to Configure → Networking → Physical adapters and verify if Configured Speed of the assigned physical adapter is set to Auto negotiate.
For other property values, you can leave them with the default values.