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4.6.7 Connect the virtual NIC to the Guest LAN
Now that we have defined the virtual NIC, just as in a real network we need to
connect that device to the LAN. If we had used the NICDEF User Directory
statement to define our NIC, the guest machine would automatically connect to
the LAN whenever it logged on. However, if we chose to use the DEFINE NIC
command, we have an additional step to perform before the device is connected
to the Guest LAN.
Use the COUPLE CP command to attach the virtual NIC to a compatible Guest
LAN. The syntax of the COUPLE command for this scenario is:
COUPLE vdev TO [ operands ]
Where the ...