Abstract: An example computing system includes software, executing on a hardware platform, configured to manage hypervisors and a distributed switch executing in a host cluster, the software including a control plane of the distributed switch, the hypervisors providing a data plane of the distributed switch, the host cluster including hosts, the distributed switch supporting features; a host membership manager of the software configured to track which of the hosts in the host cluster are members of a group that executes the distributed switch; a feature manager of the software configured to track which of the features of the distributed switch are enabled; and a compatibility checker of the software configured with compatibility data that relates the features of the distributed switch with hypervisor version requirements.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for media access control (MAC) address assignment for virtual network interface cards (VNICs) are described. One example may involve a first computer system may determining a first MAC address portion that is uniquely associated with the first computer system. A first VNIC may be assigned with a first MAC address that includes (a) the first MAC address portion and (b) a third MAC address portion that is uniquely associated with the first VNIC on the first computer system. A second VNIC may be assigned with a second MAC address that includes (a) the first MAC address portion and (b) a fourth MAC address portion that is uniquely associated with the second VNIC on the first computer system. The first computer system may perform traffic handling by processing packets specifying the first MAC address or the second MAC address.