The following is a quick guide on how to create a new virtual switch and add ports to it. In this example we will be adding only a single port so there will be no redundancy.
- Navigate to Networking -> Virtual Switches.
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- Click Add Standard Virtual Switch
- Set the Virtual Switch Name to something familiar.
- Set the Uplink 1 Port to the port being used for network traffic and click Add.
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