XIA Configuration

VMware vSphere Distributed Switch Documentation Tool

Automated documentation software to help you keep track of your virtual switches

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Use our our VMware vSphere distributed switch documentation tool XIA Configuration to automatically document your virtual switches.

With support for distributed switch settings, uplink ports, port groups and more.

Screenshot of VMware vSphere distributed switch settings in the XIA Configuration web interface

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Information documented by XIA Configuration

Find out more about the distributed switch information documented by XIA Configuration below:

Settings
Diagram
Uplink Port Names
Hosts
Administrator Contact Details
NetFlow Settings

Health Check
Port Mirroring
Private VLANs
Permissions
Uplink Ports
Port Groups

Distributed Switch Settings

A distributed virtual switch (dvSwitch) acts as a single switch that is available across multiple hosts allowing a consistent centrally managed network configuration for virtual machines as they migrate between hosts.

Document the following distributed switch settings:

Name
Description
Manufacturer
Version
Port Count
Maximum MTU

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of VMware distributed switch settings

Distributed Switch Diagram

Automatically create a diagram of your distributed switch configuration:

XIA Configuration screenshot of a VMware distributed switch diagram

Uplink Port Names

Audit the names of your uplink ports:

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of uplink port names

Hosts

To see all the VMware host settings documented by XIA Configuration, view the VMware host page.

Within the distributed switch section, XIA Configuration displays the following hosts information:

Name
Product
Version
Connection State
Manufacturer

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of hosts information

Administrator Contact Details

XIA Configuration provides administrator contact details:

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of administrator contact details

Discovery Protocol

Document the following discovery protocol information:

Link Discovery Protocol Operation
Link Disovery Protocol

NetFlow Settings

Audit the following NetFlow settings:

Collector IP Address
Collector Port
Active Flow Export Timeout
Idle Flow Export Timeout
Sampling Rate
Process Internal Flows Only

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of NetFlow settings

Health Check

XIA Configuration provides the following health check information:

VLAN and MTU
Teaming and Failover

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of health check information

Port Mirroring

Document the following port mirroring information:

Name
Session Type
Port Mirroring Enabled
Description

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port mirroring information

Private VLANs

Audit the following private VLAN information:

Primary VLAN ID
Secondary VLAN ID
VLAN Type

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of private VLAN information

Permissions

XIA Configuration provides the following information about permissions:

Principal Name
Role Name
Defined Location (e.g. datacenters)
Propagate

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of permissions information

Uplink Ports

Uplink ports connect a distributed switch to the physical network interface cards on the hosts that are associated with the switch.

Document the following information about uplink ports:

Name
Configure Reset at Disconnect
Block Port/s

Override Port Policies

Block Ports
Vendor Configuration
VLAN
NetFlow
Traffic Filtering and Marking

VLAN

VLAN Type
Inherited
VLAN Identifier

Monitoring

NetFlow

Permissions

Principal Name
Role Name
Defined Location (e.g. datacenters)
Propagate

XIA Configuration screenshot of uplink ports information

Port Groups

A distributed port group is a port group associated with a distributed switch and specifies port configuration options for each member port.

XIA Configuration inventories the following port groups information:

Name
Binding
Port Allocation
Port Count
Configure Reset at Disconnect
Block Port/s

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port group settings

Override Port Policies

Block Ports
Traffic Shaping
Vendor Configuration
VLAN
Uplink Teaming
Resource Allocation
Security Policy
NetFlow
Traffic Filtering and Marking

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of override port policies

Port Security

Promiscuous Mode
MAC Address Changes
Forged Transmits

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port security

Traffic Shaping

Ingress Traffic Shaping Enabled
Egress Traffic Shaping Enabled

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port group traffic shaping

VLAN

VLAN Type
Inherited
VLAN Identifier

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port group VLAN information

Teaming and Failover

Load Balancing Type
Beacon Probing
Notify Switches
Failback

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port group teaming and failover information

Failover Order

Uplinks Inherited
Active Uplinks
Standby Uplinks

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port group failover order information

Monitoring

NetFlow

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of port group monitoring information

Permissions

Principal Name
Role Name
Defined Location (e.g. datacenters)
Propagate

XIA Configuration PDF output screenshot of permissions information

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