New-NetworkAdapter

This cmdlet creates a new virtual network adapter for each of the provided virtual machines and sets the optional properties if provided.

Syntax

Output

Examples

Example 1

Get-VM VM | New-NetworkAdapter  -NetworkName "VM Network" -MacAddress '00:50:56:a1:00:00' -WakeOnLan -StartConnected -Type EnhancedVmxnet

Create a virtual network adapter with the specified parameters.

Example 2

$myVm = Get-VM -Name MyVM
$MyVDPortgroup = Get-VDPortgroup -Name MyVDPortGroup
New-NetworkAdapter -VM $myVM -Portgroup $MyVDPortgroup

Adds a new network adapter to the specified virtual machine and connects it to the specified distributed port group.

Example 3

$myVM = Get-VM -Name MyVM
$MyVDSwitch = Get-VDSwitch -Name MyVDSwitch
New-NetworkAdapter -VM $myVM -DistributedSwitch $MyVDSwitch -PortId 100

Adds a new network adapter to the specified virtual machine and connects it to the specified port on the specified vSphere distributed switch.

Example 4

$myVM = Get-VM -Name MyVM
$myVDSwitch = Get-VDSwitch -Name MyVDSwitch
New-NetworkAdapter -VM $myVM -Type Vmxnet3Vrdma -DistributedSwitch $myVDSwitch -PortId 3

Adds a new PVRDMA network adapter to the specified virtual machine and connects it to the specified port on the specified vSphere distributed switch.

Example 5

$myVM = Get-VM -Name MyVM
$myPhysicalNetworkAdapter = Get-VMHost -Name vmhost1 | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -Physical -Name vmnic0
New-NetworkAdapter -VM $myVM -Type SriovEthernetCard -NetworkName 'VM Network' -PhysicalFunction $myPhysicalNetworkAdapter.PciId

Adds a new SR-IOV network adapter to the specified virtual machine and connects it to the specified network.

Related Commands

NetworkAdapter

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

This cmdlet creates a new virtual network adapter.

This cmdlet removes the virtual network adapters from their locations.

This cmdlet modifies the configuration of the virtual network adapter.