Virtual Network Interfaces

You can add a virtual network interface to a virtual machine using a subclass of
VirtualEthernetCard
, you can set the
addressType
to
Manual
,
Generated
, or
Assigned
. If you choose
Assigned
, you can specify a MAC address explicitly.
For more information about virtual devices in general, see Adding Devices to Virtual Machines
.
The number of virtual network interfaces depends on the hardware version you specify for a virtual machine. Hardware version 7 virtual machines support up to ten virtual NICs. Hardware version 4 virtual machines support up to four virtual NICs.