Networks
You configure
network settings so that a virtual machine can communicate with the host and
with other virtual machines. When you configure a virtual machine, you can add
network adapters (NICs) and specify the adapter type.
You can add virtual Ethernet
adapters to a virtual machine by using the
VMTypes.CreateSpec.setNics
method. Pass as argument a
List
of
EthernetTypes.CreateSpec
objects that provide the configuration information of the created virtual
Ethernet adapters. You can set the MAC address type to
EthernetTypes.MacAddressType.MANUAL
,
EthernetTypes.MacAddressType.GENERATED
,
or
EthernetTypes.MacAddressType.ASSIGNED
.
Select
MANUAL
to specify the MAC address explicitly.
You can specify also the
physical resources that back a virtual Ethernet adapter by using the
EthernetTypes.BackingSpec.setType
method. The method takes as argument one of the following types:
EthernetTypes.BackingType.STANDARD_PORTGROUP
,
HOST_DEVICE
,
DISTRIBUTED_PORTGROUP
,
or
OPAQUE_NETWORK
.