You can manage uplinks and port groups with ESXCLI and with vicfg-vswitch. What to read next Connecting and Disconnecting Uplink Adapters and Port Groups with ESXCLIYou can use esxcli network vswitch standard portgroup policy failover set to connect and disconnect uplink adapters and port groups. Connecting and Disconnecting Uplinks and Port Groups with vicfg-vswitchYou can use vicfg-vswitch to connect and disconnect uplink adapters and port groups. Parent topic: Setting Up vSphere Networking with vSphere Standard Switches