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.