VMware’s vSphere virtualization suite allows for ESXi hosts to support 802.1Q VLAN tagging, which presents multiple networks to the virtualized infrastructure. The basic premise is that a virtual switch (either the standard virtual switch or the new vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch) will be presented with a tag (a VLAN ID) to the ESXi hosts. The use of VLANs for virtualization functions in a very similar way that the network switches move multiple networks around the datacenter between other switches.
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