Viewing Connections Between Virtual Machines and a Physical Switch
You can pictorially view the virtual machines to physical switch connectivity and virtual machine to virtual machine connectivity using the Virtual View Connectivity page. This page also displays the VLAN connectivity between these entities.
You can open the Virtual Network Connectivity page from the Physical Network view (Logical, Location, Device) or from the Virtual Network view. The level of detail that is displayed depends on the view from which you open this page:
- When you open this page from the Virtual Network view, you can view the connectivity from the selected virtual machine to the virtual switch.
- When you open this page from the Physical Network view, you can view the connectivity from the selected physical switch to a distributed virtual switch and to the virtual machines that are connected to the virtual switch.
This topic describes:
Viewing Network Connectivity of a Virtual Machine
To view the connections between a virtual machine and a virtual switch:
- While in Build mode with Virtual view selected, do one
of the following:
- Click Inventory > View Virtual Machine from the Tasks pane to view details of all the virtual machines in your virtual network.
- Select a host from the Virtual view and click Inventory > View Virtual Machine from the Tasks pane to view details of the virtual machines that belong to the selected host.
- To view the network connectivity of a virtual machine,
select the virtual machine and click Show Connectivity.
The Virtual Network Connectivity page opens displaying the network connectivity and VLAN associations for the selected virtual machine.
Viewing Connections Between a Physical Switch and Virtual Machines
To view the connections between a physical switch and virtual machines:
- While in Build mode with Logical view selected, select the switch for which you want to view the virtual network connectivity from the View pane.
- From the Tasks pane, select Connectivity > View Virtual Network Connectivity.
The Virtual Network Connectivity page opens displaying the virtual switch and the virtual machines that are connected to the selected physical switch. You can also view the VLAN associations for the selected switch.
If the selected switch is not connected to a virtual network, Network Director displays the standalone switch and all the open ports.
