Edit the Blocking Policy for a Distributed Port or Uplink Port

You can block an individual distributed port or uplink port.

Blocking the flow through a port might disrupt the normal network operations on the host or virtual machine using the port.

Prerequisites

Enable the port-level overrides. See Configure Overriding Networking Policies on Port Level

Procedure

1. Navigate to a distributed switch and then navigate to a distributed port or an uplink port.
   • To navigate to the distributed ports of the switch, click Networks > Distributed Port Groups, double-click a distributed port group from the list, and click the Ports tab.
   • To navigate to the uplink ports of an uplink port group, click Networks > Uplink Port Groups, double-click an uplink port group from the list, and click the Ports tab.
2. Select a port from the list.
3. Click Edit distributed port settings.
4. In the Miscellaneous section, select the Override check box, and from the drop-down menu enable or disable port blocking.
5. Click OK.