Virtual Machine Network
Interfaces
When you create a
virtual machine, you include a
VirtualMachineConfigSpec
, which,
in turn, includes a
VirtualDeviceConfigSpec
. The
device
property of
VirtualDeviceConfigSpec
is a
VirtualDevice
data object.
One of the available virtual devices is
VirtualEthernetCard
. You can use
one of the subtypes of
VirtualEthernetCard
to specify
the virtual card to use and to specify the MAC address and whether wake-on-LAN
is enabled for this virtual card. See
Adding Devices to Virtual Machines.
A limited number of adapters is supported. KB article 1001805 (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1001805)
discusses available network adapters and which adapter is appropriate in which
situation.