Get-NetworkAdapter

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual network adapters available on a vCenter Server system. The cmdlet returns a set of virtual network adapters assigned to the virtual machines, templates, and snapshots specified by the VirtualMachine, Template, and Snapshot parameters. At least one of these parameters must be provided. To specify a server different from the default one, use the Server parameter.

Syntax

Get-NetworkAdapter

-RelatedObject < NetworkAdapterRelatedObjectBase[] >

[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]

[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
required	RelatedObject	NetworkAdapterRelatedObjectBase[]	named	pipeline	Specify an object to retrieve one or more network adapters that are related to the object. This parameter accepts standard and distributed port groups.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named

Required	Parameter Name	Type	Position	Features	Description
optional	Template	Template[]	1	pipeline wildcards	Specifies the templates from which you want to retrieve virtual network adapters.
optional	Snapshot	Snapshot[]	2	pipeline	Specifies the snapshots from which you want to retrieve virtual network adapters.
optional	Id	String[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the IDs of the network adapters you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list.
optional	Name	String[]	named	wildcards	Specifies the names of the network adapters you want to retrieve.
optional	ProgressAction	ActionPreference	named
optional	Server	VIServer[]	named	wildcards	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	VM	VirtualMachine[]	named	pipeline wildcards	Specifies the virtual machines from which you want to retrieve virtual network adapters.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.VirtualDevice.NetworkAdapter

Examples

Example 1

Get-NetworkAdapter -VM MyVM

Retrieves the network adapters added to the the MyVM virtual machine.

Example 2

$myVDPortgroup = Get-VDPortGroup -Name "MyVDPortGroup"$myNetworkAdapters = Get-NetworkAdapter -RelatedObject $myVDPortgroup

Retrieves all network adapters connected to the specified port group and stores them in the myNetworkAdapters variable.

Related Commands

NetworkAdapter

Get-NetworkAdapter

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual network adapters available on a vCenter Server system.

New-NetworkAdapter

This cmdlet creates a new virtual network adapter.

Remove-NetworkAdapter

This cmdlet removes the virtual network adapters from their locations.

Set-NetworkAdapter

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the virtual network adapter.