Critically important to the configuration of any ESXi environment is the proper configuration of host networking. Generally, host networks include storage, vMotion, VM, and management networks. These are generally the basic networks configured in order to have a functioning ESXi cluster that is integrated with the vCenter server.
In this post, we will take a look at the ESXi Network concepts that are essential to understand before we move on to the actual configuration of the ESXi network mentioned above.