What happens to vSphere Distributed Switch if vCenter fails ? | VMware
W hat's the biggest question\confusion\concern about VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS)? Yes, you guessed it right… Will the vDS work if my vCenter goes down ? The answer is yes, it will work (*conditions apply). But how ? How will vDS work , since it depends purely on vCenter. No better time than this to learn about the vDS backend operation. vDS consists of two parts: Control Plane Data Plane .