Conext Maps of vSphere Nodes

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Context Maps of vCenter Nodes

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When you click a node in the Network pane, the context maps of the node will display. This section introduces the context maps of each node as you click it.

Context Maps of a Node under the 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.
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, as well as 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.
Resource Pool	One context map is supported for this node: ▪VM to vSwitch — displays the topology between each VM and its connected vSwitches as well as the connection between the vSwitches and its up-link physical switch.
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, as well as 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.

Context Maps of a Node under the 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 as well as the Layer 2 topology between the port group's vSwitch and physical switches.
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.
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.
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.