VMware Cloud Foundation - Design Decision - Use ephemeral port binding for the management port group.
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Design Decision: Use ephemeral port binding for the management port group.
Resolution
Design Justification: Using ephemeral port binding provides the option for recovery of the vCenter Server instance that is managing the distributed switch.
Design Implication: Port-level permissions and controls are lost across power cycles, and no historical context is saved.
This design decision is supported in the following Domains. • Management Domain • VI Workload Domain
This design decision is supported on VCF version 4.1 and higher.
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