How to Identify which physical ports are connected and try to identify on the actual NIC?
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How to Identify which physical ports are connected and try to identify on the actual NIC?

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Article ID: 383652

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Products

VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

If you are wanting to know which physical ports and physical NIC are connected to vDS. 

Resolution

Steps:

  1. In the vSphere Client, navigate to a host. 
  2. Click on Configure
  3. Under Networking, go to Virtual switches. 
  4. Under the vDS, click on the down arrow for an Uplink
  5. You should see a vmnic listed. click on the ... (ellipses) and view settings. 
  6. If the CDP or LLDP are enabled, you will find the port information.