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To Change the vSwitch Security Policies

Need Expert advise to understand if we need to consider down time for changes to be done on ESX 3.5,Esxi 4.1 and Esxi 5.X
1. Promiscuous Mode - Now Set to Reject
2. MAC Address Change - Need to set it Reject
3. Forged Transmits - Need to Set it Reject

Current i have MAC Address Changes and Forged Transmits -With Accept config , so is there any type of Application /OS Environmnet ..that will be affected due to above changes ?

Or Can we make above changes on Fly.

any limitation for any specific application where we need above config to be done.

and how can we locate such type of app in environment not supported for above reject all settings ?

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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Thanks Andrew ,yes we are following all required processes to be approved before doing any changes

my only concern is how we will identify before/after change if it affect any running app in my infra ?

any utility from VMware to check the same ? or if manual Testing is the only option we have here ?

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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Thanks

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