Everything about VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch ( VDS or dvswitch )

If you are moving to VMware vcloud or getting ready to get certified with VMware VCP5-IaaS then you must have realized how important it is to be aware of VMware networking concepts especially the VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch (VDS or dvSwitch) . I thought the same for myself and collated some of the materials that I am planning to go through and if you know I love videos more than text. So here you go....
VMware vSphere: Networking - Distributed Virtual Switch

VMware Networking | Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch

VMworld 2011: VSP3864 - Best Practices for Virtual Networking

Using the vSphere Distributed Virtual Switch dvswitch) 

Configuring LACP on a vSphere 5.1 Distributed Switch

Migrating VMs and ISCSI from vSS to vDS without service interruption in vSphere 5

VMworld 2011: VSP2894 - Virtual Distributed Switch Best Practices 

VMworld 2012 Session NET2207: VMware vSphere Distributed Switch Technical Deep Dive

Troubleshooting a VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch by eric sloof

VMware Online Training - Configure Private VLAN IDs by eric sloof

Creating a Distributed Virtual Switch and Portgroups with the vSphere Web Client 

additionally you might also like to see the following if you are not me...

http://simongreaves.co.uk/blog/distributed-virtual-switch-guide

http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/vmware-esx-and-vsphere-articles/networking/getting-started-vsphere-distributed-switches.html 

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere-vnetwork-ds-migration-configuration-wp.pdf

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010557

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010555

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010593 

If you are done with all these materials now you are an official rockstar with dvswitches...hell yeah !