Virtual switch

Virtual switch

A virtualized network switch used by ESX/ESXi to manage traffic between virtual machines, the service console (ESX only), and the physical network adapters on the ESX/ESXi host.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Virtualization
Company: VMware
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A virtualized network switch used by ESX/ESXi to manage traffic between virtual machines, the service console (ESX only), and the physical network adapters on the ESX/ESXi host.

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