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VMware Promiscuous Mode Definition
Promiscuous mode is a security policy which can be defined at the virtual switch or portgroup level in
vSphere ESX/ESXi. A virtual machine, Service Console, or VMkernel network interface in a portgroup which
allows the use of promiscuous mode can see all network traffic traversing the virtual switch.
By default, a guest operating system's virtual network adapter only receives frames that are meant for it.
Placing the guest's network adapter in promiscuous mode causes it to receive all frames passed on the virtual
switch that are allowed under the VLAN policy for the associated portgroup. This can be useful for intrusion
detection monitoring or if a sniffer needs to analyze all traffic on the network segment.
The vWLC Data Port requires the assigned vSwitch to accept Promiscuous mode for proper operations.
Complete these steps:
Locate vSwitch2 (assigned for vWLC Data Port), and click Properties.1.
Select the VMNet assigned to the vWLC Data Port (note that the default Security Promiscuous Mode
is set to Reject), and click Edit.
2.