Manage Joined Hosts

In the navigation pane, choose Inventory > Network Resource.

In the resource tree, select a target distributed switch.

On the target distributed switch's details page, click the Uplink tab.

In the Joined Host list, select a target host.

1. (Optional) To add new ports to this bond, click Actions > Add Physical Network Interface.

   1. You can only add ports that are not currently bonded.
   2. New ports must have the same speed as existing ports in the bond.
   3. A bond supports a maximum of 8 physical ports.

2. (Optional) To remove physical ports from the bond, click Actions > Remove Physical Network Interface.

   You must keep at least 1 physical port.

3. (Optional) To remove the host's entire uplink, click Actions > Disconnect Host Uplink.

   1. Disconnecting host uplink will delete all bonds on this host. Proceed with caution.
   2. This action will also detach all VM NICs on this host. Proceed with caution.
   3. The default distributed switch does not support disconnecting host uplink.