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network coni gured and working. So, the ESXi installer automatically sets up an ESXi man-
agement network.
Second, the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI)—the user interface that exists when
you're working at the physical console of a server running ESXi—provides a mechanism
for coni guring or reconi guring the management network but not any other forms of net-
working on that host.
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Figure 5.8
Virtual switches
using NIC teaming
are identifi ed by the
multiple physical
network adapters
assigned to the
vSwitch.
Although the vSphere Web Client offers an option to enable management trafi c when coni g-
uring networking, as you can see in Figure 5.9, it's unlikely that you'll use this option very often.
After all, for you to coni gure management networking from within the vSphere Web Client,
the ESXi host must already have functional management networking in place (vCenter Server
communicates with ESXi over the management network). You might use this option if you were
creating additional management interfaces. To do this, you would use the procedure described
later (in the section “Coni guring VMkernel Networking”) to create VMkernel ports with the
vSphere Web Client, simply enabling Management Trafi c in the Enable Services section while
creating the VMkernel port.
Figure 5.9
h e vSphere Client
off ers a way to
enable manage-
ment networking
when confi guring
networking.
