The following table outlines the available context maps of each vCenter node under different views.
Supported Context Maps under Hosts and Clusters View
| Node | Context Maps |
| Cluster | Four context maps are supported for this node:
- ESXi Host to Layer 2 Neighbors displays the Layer 2 topology between each ESXi host of this cluster and its connected physical switches.
- ESXi Host to Layer 3 Neighbors displays the Layer 3 topology of each ESXi host of this cluster and its gateway devices.
- VM to Layer 2 Neighbors displays the Layer 2 topology between each VM of this cluster and its connected vSwitch, as well as the topology between the vSwitches and its up-link physical switches.
- ESXi Host to VM displays each ESXi host of this cluster and Virtual Machines under the host.
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| ESXi Host | Four context maps are supported for this node:
- ESXi Host to Layer 2 Neighbors displays the Layer 2 topology between a host and its connected physical switches.
- ESXi Host to Layer 3 Neighbors displays the Layer 3 topology of a host and its gateway devices.
- VM to Layer 2 Neighbors displays the Layer 2 topology between each VM and its connected vSwitches and the topology between vSwitches and physical switches.
- ESXi Host to VM/vSwitch displays the parent/child relationship between a host and vSwitches/VMs under the host.
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| Resource Pool | One context map is supported for this node:
- VM to vSwitch displays the topology between each VM and its connected vSwitches and the connection between the vSwitches and its up-link physical switch.
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| VM | Three context maps are supported for this node:
- VM to Layer 2 Neighbors displays the Layer 2 topology between the VM and its connected vSwitches and the topology between vSwitches and physical switches.
- VM to Layer 3 Neighbors displays the Layer 3 topology between the VM and its gateway device.
- VM to ESXi Host displays the dependency relationship between the VM and ESXi host.
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Supported Context Maps under Networking View
| Node | Context Maps |
| Port Group | One context map is supported for this node:
- Port Group to Layer 2 Neighbors displays all VMs under this port group and the Layer 2 topology between the port group's vSwitch and physical switches.
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| VM | Same as the context maps of the VM node under the hosts and cluster view. |
| VDS | Two context maps are supported for this node:
- VDS to Layer 2 Neighbors displays all connected Layer 2 neighbors of this VDS.
- VDS to ESXi Host displays the ESXi hosts that the VDS runs on.
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| Uplink Port Group | One context map is supported for this node:
- Uplink Port Group to Layer 2 Neighbors displays the topology between the Uplink Port Group and physical switches.
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| Distributed Port Group | One context map is supported for this node:
- Distributed Port Group to VM Neighbors displays the ports of this port group and their connected Layer 2 neighbors.
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