VMware vSwitches and spanning tree

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Published on 2010-12-22T15:39:48Z Indexed on 2010/12/22 15:56 UTC
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I have two redundant core switches I want to connect to a new vSwitch I am setting up on a VMware ESX host. The switch will have two physical NICs each of which will connect to one of the core switches. The core switches are connected.

If this was a physical switch, I would worry about connecting it to both core switches, because this would create a network loop.

Do I need to worry about this for a VMware virtual switch? VMware's documentation says it is not possible to connect two vSwitches in a loop, therefore STP is not required. However, I am worried about connecting two physical switches together via a vSwitch.

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