Differences between vSwitch and dvSwitch

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Feature vSwitch dvSwitch
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
802.1q (VLAN) support
NIC Teaming/Load Balancing ✓ (No LACP)
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Receive Only
Traffic Shaping Outbound Only
Private VLAN (PVLAN)
Netflow
SPAN (dvMirror) port
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Traffic Filtering
Traffic Marking

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