Before creating and configuring a virtual switch in your computer, your computer must have the Hyper-V program installed on the computer and have administrative rights. There are three types of ...

Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA) moves switching out of the server back to the physical network and makes all virtual machine traffic visible to the external network switch, freeing up server ...

At Chicago-based railcar operator TTX, Rob Zelinka, has taken the company’s “Forward Thinking” motto to heart. From the beginning of Zelinka’s virtualization efforts, he wanted to be more aggressive ...

Private virtual networks are the most secure virtual network because they never communicate with the Hyper-V host or with the physical network. But what exactly happens when you create one? Microsoft ...

One of the biggest challenges associated with virtualization is managing all the interconnections between various virtual machines. To solve this issue, IT organizations typically deploy virtual ...

In most cases, Hyper-V makes it really easy to configure virtual network adapters within virtual machines (VMs). For simple VMs, setting up and managing virtual NICs isn't a big deal. However, things ...

If you receive a prompt with the message Error applying Virtual Switch Properties changes when you try to re-create a Hyper-V virtual switch (vSwitch) for the same ...

Cisco has introduced a virtual network switch for VMware clusters, a product of a new collaborative partnership between Cisco and virtualization company VMware. The new virtual data center switch, the ...

The word " virtualization" is thrown around so much that it's hard to always know what it means. A virtual switch is usually a large, high port count director-class product, which can logically ...

The industry reached a “virtual” tipping point in 2009 when, according to IDC, the number of newly installed virtual machines surpassed the number of newly installed physical servers. This inflection ...

Look at your router. Now back to me. Now back to your router. And back to me. Your router isn't me, but it could be improved with a managed network switch. This is a smart switch that can provide ...