Learning PowerCLI - Second Edition

Using host network adapters

A vSphere Standard or Distributed Switch can have virtual and physical network adapters. Physical network adapters are used to connect virtual switches to physical switches and have a name starting with vmnic. Virtual network adapters or VMKernel network adapters can be used to set various properties such as management traffic, vMotion, fault tolerance logging, IP address, and subnet mask. Virtual network adapters have a name starting with vmk. You can see virtual and physical network adapters in the screenshot given in the preceding section,  Creating vSphere Standard Switches .

Creating host network adapters

To create a new virtual network adapter or VMkernel port, you can use the New-VMHostNetworkAdapter cmdlet. The ...