Returning the service console from a distributed vSwitch to standard vSwitch

List Service Console adapter
esxcfg-vswif -l

Delete Service Console Adapter
esxcfg-vswif --del vswif0

Create the Standard vSwitch
esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch0

Create the Service Console vSwitch
esxcfg-vswitch -A "Service Console" vSwitch0

Give the port group "Service Console" rights to be the service console
esxcfg-vswif --add --portgroup "Service Console" --ip:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx --netmask=255.255.255.0 vswif0

Add the VMNICs to this new vSwitch
esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic# vSwitch0

typically the networking restarts but 
service network restart

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