| Feature | VMware vSphere | System Center
VMM 2012 R2 |
|
| Standard vSwitch | DV Switch | ||
| Switch Features | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Layer 2 Forwarding | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multicast Support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network Policy | – | Yes | Yes |
| Network Migration | – | Yes | Yes |
| NVGRE/ VXLAN | – | Procure NSX or Cisco Appliance | Yes |
| L3 Network Support | – | Procure NSX or Cisco Appliance | Yes |
| Network Virtualization | – | Procure NSX or Cisco Appliance | Yes |
| NIC Teaming | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Network Load Balancing | – | Procure NSX or Cisco Appliance | Yes |
| Virtual Switch Extension | – | Yes | Yes |
| Physical Switch Connectivity | |||
| EtherChannel | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Load Balancing Algorithms | |||
| Port Monitoring | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Third party Hardware load balancing | – | Yes | Yes |
| Traffic Management Features | |||
| Bandwidth Limiting | – | Yes | Yes |
| Traffic Monitoring | – | Yes | Yes |
| Security Features | |||
| Port Security | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Private VLANs | – | Yes | Yes |
| Management Features | |||
| Manageability | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Third Party APIs | – | Yes | Yes |
| Port Policy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Netflow | Yes* | Yes* | Yes |
| Syslog | Yes** | Yes** | Yes |
| SNMP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* Experimental Support
** Virtual switch network syslog information is exported and included with VMware ESX events.
References:
Microsoft System Center Features
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