Context Maps of vSphere Nodes

Node

Context Maps

Cluster

Five context maps are supported for this node:

▪ESXi Host to Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the Layer 3 topology of each ESXi host of this cluster and its gateway devices.

▪ESXi Host to Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the Layer 2 topology between each ESXi host of this cluster and its connected physical switches.

▪VM to Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the Layer 2 connection between each VM of this cluster and its connected vSwitch as well as the connection between the vSwitch and its up-link physical switches.

▪VM to Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the Layer 3 topology of each VM of this cluster and its gateway devices.

▪ESXi Host to VM — displays each ESXi host of this cluster and VMs under the host.

ESXi Host

Four context maps are supported for this node:

▪Host to Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the Layer 3 topology of a host and its gateway devices.

▪Host to Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the Layer 2 topology between a host and its connected physical switches.

▪VM to Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the Layer 2 connection between each VM and its connected vSwitch as well as the connection between vSwitch and physical switches.

▪Virtual to Physical — displays the (parent/child) relationship between a host and vSwitch/VMs under the host.

Resource Pool

One context map is supported for this node:

▪VM to vSwitch — displays the connection between each VM of this node and its connected vSwitch as well as the connection between the vSwitch and its up-link physical switch.

VM

Three context maps are supported for this node:

▪VM to Layer 3 Neighbors — displays the connection between the VM and its gateway device.

▪VM to Layer 2 Neighbors — displays the connection between the VM and its connected vSwitches and external switches.

▪VM to ESXi Host — displays the dependency relationship between the VM and ESXi host.

Node

Context Maps

Port Group

One context map is supported for this node:

▪Port Group — displays all VMs under this port group as well as the layer 2 connection between the port group's Virtual Standard Switch and external 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 Neighbor — displays all connected Layer 2 neighbors of this VDS.

▪VDS and 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 — displays the connection the Uplink Port Group and external switch.

Distributed Port Group

One context map is supported for this node:

▪Distributed Port Group — displays the ports of this port group and their connected Layer 2 neighbors.