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What is a Virtual Switch in virtualization technology?

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Date Posted: 2015/04/25
Mohammad Rabie
by Mohammad Rabie , Systems & IT Assistant Manager , Egyptian Banking Institute

It is a software-based layer-2 Ethernet network switch built into Hypervisor software that allows one virtual machine to communicate with another. The switch includes programmatically managed and extensible capabilities to connect virtual machines to both virtual networks and the physical network. In addition, Virtual Switch provides policy enforcement for security, isolation, and service levels.

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