Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet adds a host physical NIC to a standard virtual switch. If VMHost virtual network adapters are specified, the cmdlet migrates them to the virtual switch as well.Note: If VMHost virtual network adapters are specified, the cmdlet migrates them to the respective port groups or creates new ones if VirtualNicPortgroup is not specified.

Syntax

[ -VirtualSwitch ] < VirtualSwitch >

-VMHostPhysicalNic < PhysicalNic[] >

[-Server < VIServer[] > ]

[-VMHostVirtualNic < HostVirtualNic[] > ]

[-VirtualNicPortgroup < VirtualPortGroup[] > ]

[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	VirtualSwitch	VirtualSwitch	1	pipeline	Specifies the standard virtual switch to which you want to migrate physical or virtual network adapters.
required	VMHostPhysicalNic	PhysicalNic[]	named		Specifies the host physical network adapters that you want to add or migrate to the standard virtual switch.
optional	Server	VIServer[]	named		Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.
optional	VMHostVirtualNic	HostVirtualNic[]	named		Specifies the host virtual network adapters to be migrated along with the physical adapter, so that their connectivity is preserved.
optional	VirtualNicPortgroup	VirtualPortGroup[]	named		Specifies the port groups to which to attach the host virtual network adapters. Accepts the same number of port groups as the number of virtual network adapters specified. The first adapter is attached to the first port group, the second adapter - to the second port group, and so on.

Output

Examples

Example 1

$myVMHostNetworkAdapter = Get-VMhost "MyVMHost" | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -Physical -Name vmnic2
Get-VirtualSwitch "MyVirtualSwitch" | Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter -VMHostPhysicalNic $myVMHostNetworkAdapter

Adds a VMHost physical network adapter to the specified distributed switch.

Example 2

$myVMHost = Get-VMHost 'MyVMHost'
$myVDSwitch = Get-VDSwitch 'MyVDSwitch'
$physicalNic = Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $myVMHost -VirtualSwitch $myVDSwitch -Name 'vmnic0'
$virtualNic = Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $myVMHost -VirtualSwitch $myVDSwitch -Name 'vmk0'
$myStandardSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $myVMHost -Name 'vSwitch0'
Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter -VirtualSwitch $myStandardSwitch -VMHostPhysicalNic $physicalNic -VMHostVirtualNic $virtualNic

Migrates VMHost physical and virtual network adapters from a distributed virtual switch to a standard virtual switch.

Related Commands

VirtualSwitch

Get-VirtualSwitch

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual switches associated with a virtual machine host or used by a virtual machine.

New-VirtualSwitch

This cmdlet creates a new virtual switch.

Remove-VirtualSwitch

This cmdlet removes the specified virtual switches from their locations.

Set-VirtualSwitch

This cmdlet modifies the properties of the specified virtual switch.

VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter

Add-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet adds a host physical NIC to a standard virtual switch.

Remove-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet removes the specified host physical NICs from the standard virtual switch.