Introduction In the world of virtualization and connectivity, the virtual switch is one of the most fundamental components, providing networking connectivity between virtual machines, along with connecting them to the physical world. VMware provides 3 types of virtual switch, the virtual Standard Switch (vSS), the virtual Distributed Switch (vDS), and

When BUM (Broadcast, Unknown unicast and Multicast) traffic is sent out from a VM, the source VTEP must replicate this traffic out to the other VTEPs via VXLAN encapsulation. NSX provides 3 modes of replication - Multicast, Unicast and Hybrid. Multicast Multicast replication utilizes L2 (IGMP) and L3 (PIM) multicast

Within this short article, we will look at the difference between local and directed broadcasts. Local Broadcast A local (link-local) broadcast (255.255.255.255) is performed within the broadcast domain. It is only local and never forwarded. Directed Broadcast A directed broadcast, on the other hand, is the broadcast