NIC teaming can be used to connect a virtual switch to multiple physical NICs on a host to increase network bandwidth and to provide redundancy. If there is an adapter failure or a network outage, a NIC team can distribute the traffic between its members and provide passive failover. NIC teaming policies are set at the virtual switch or port group level for a vSphere Standard Switch, and at a port group or port level for a vSphere Distributed Switch.
The links that are provided in the table below contain instructions on how to configure the wanted NIC Teaming environment that is based on the switch type being used.
Steps | Reference |
Distributed switch | VMware vSphere Documentation: Configure NIC Teaming, Failover, and Load Balancing on a vSphere Standard Switch or Standard Port Group |
Standard switch | VMware vSphere Documentation: Configure NIC Teaming, Failover, and Load Balancing on a vSphere Standard Switch or Standard Port Group |