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Understanding the virtual network creation process

Before we move on to discuss in detail network troubleshooting commands, we should have a basic understanding of how virtual networks are created in vSphere. This can be done by the following:

Create a virtual switch
Configure your uplink adapters
Add port groups to the virtual switch
Associate VLAN with the virtual switch, if any
Configure VMkernel interfaces

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