VMware vSphere – configuring „Promiscuous Mode“ on a virtual switch or portgroup

vmware_logo.jpg    VMware vSphere – by default a guest operating system’s virtual network adapter only receives frames that are meant for it. Placing the guest’s network adapter in promiscuous mode causes it to receive all frames passed on the virtual switch that are allowed under the VLAN policy for the associated portgroup. This can be useful for intrusion detection monitoring or if a sniffer needs to analyze all traffic on the network Segment

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