New-VMHostNetworkAdapter Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

New-VMHostNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet creates a new HostVirtualNIC (Service Console or VMKernel) on the specified host. Creates a port group with a name specified by the PortGroup parameter on the virtual switch passed through the VirtualSwitch parameter. Adds either a Console NIC if ConsoleNIC is set, or a VMKernel NIC otherwise.

Syntax

New-VMHostNetworkAdapter
[ -VirtualSwitch ] < VirtualSwitchBase >
-NetworkStack < HostNetworkStack >
[ [-PortGroup ] < String > ]
[ [-IP ] < String > ]
[ [-SubnetMask ] < String > ]
[ [-Mac ] < String > ]
[-AutomaticIPv6 ]
[-IPv6 < String[] > ]
[-IPv6ThroughDhcp ]
[-Mtu < Int32 > ]
[-PortId < String > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-VMHost < VMHost > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 VirtualSwitch VirtualSwitchBase 2
  • wildcards
 Specifies the virtual switch to which you want to add the new network adapter.
required
 NetworkStack HostNetworkStack named
Specifies the host network stack to which you want to add the new adapter.
optional PortGroup String 1
Specifies the port group to which you want to add the new adapter. If a distributed switch is passed to the VirtualSwitch parameter, an existing port group name should be specified. For standard virtual switches, if the port group is non-existent, a new port group with the specified name will be created and the new adapter will be added to the port group.
optional IP String 3
Specifies an IP address for the new network adapter. All IP addresses are specified using IPv4 dot notation. If IP is not specified, DHCP mode is enabled. For VMKernel network adapters, the DHCP mode is supported only on vCenter Server 4.1, ESX 4.1, and later.
optional SubnetMask String 4
Specifies a subnet mask for the new network adapter.
optional Mac String 5
Specifies a media access control (MAC) address for the new virtual network adapter.
optional AutomaticIPv6 SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the IPv6 address is obtained through a router advertisement.
optional IPv6 String[] named
Specifies multiple static addresses using the following format: <IPv6>/<subnet_prefix_length> or <IPv6>. If you skip <subnet_prefix_length>, the default value of 64 is used.
optional IPv6ThroughDhcp SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the IPv6 address is obtained through DHCP.
optional Mtu Int32 named
Specifies the MTU size. This parameter is supported only on ESX/vCenter Server 4.1 and later.
optional PortId String named
Specifies the port of the specified distributed switch to which you want to connect the network adapter. Use this parameter only if a distributed switch is passed to the VirtualSwitch parameter.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
 The Server parameter is required when the host is specified by name. In this case, the host with the specified name is searched for on the specified Servers and a network adapter is added to it. If a VMHost object is passed to the VMHost parameter, the Server parameter is not used.
optional VMHost VMHost named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the host to which you want to add the new adapter. This parameter is mandatory when creating a network adapter on a distributed switch.
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter
[ -VirtualSwitch ] < VirtualSwitchBase >
[ [-PortGroup ] < String > ]
[ [-IP ] < String > ]
[ [-SubnetMask ] < String > ]
[ [-Mac ] < String > ]
[-AutomaticIPv6 ]
[-ConsoleNic ]
[-FaultToleranceLoggingEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-IPv6 < String[] > ]
[-IPv6ThroughDhcp ]
[-ManagementTrafficEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-Mtu < Int32 > ]
[-PortId < String > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-VMHost < VMHost > ]
[-VMotionEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-VsanTrafficEnabled < Boolean > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 VirtualSwitch VirtualSwitchBase 2
  • wildcards
 Specifies the virtual switch to which you want to add the new network adapter.
optional PortGroup String 1
Specifies the port group to which you want to add the new adapter. If a distributed switch is passed to the VirtualSwitch parameter, an existing port group name should be specified. For standard virtual switches, if the port group is non-existent, a new port group with the specified name will be created and the new adapter will be added to the port group.
optional IP String 3
Specifies an IP address for the new network adapter. All IP addresses are specified using IPv4 dot notation. If IP is not specified, DHCP mode is enabled. For VMKernel network adapters, the DHCP mode is supported only on vCenter Server 4.1, ESX 4.1, and later.
optional SubnetMask String 4
Specifies a subnet mask for the new network adapter.
optional Mac String 5
Specifies a media access control (MAC) address for the new virtual network adapter.
optional AutomaticIPv6 SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the IPv6 address is obtained through a router advertisement.
optional ConsoleNic SwitchParameter named
If the value is $true, indicates that you want to create a service console virtual network adapter. If the value is $false, indicates that you want to create a virtual host/VMkernel network adapter. Not supported on ESXi.
optional FaultToleranceLoggingEnabled Boolean named
Indicates that the network adapter is enabled for Fault Tolerance (FT) logging. This parameter is supported only on ESX/vCenter Server 4.1 and later.
optional IPv6 String[] named
Specifies multiple static addresses using the following format: <IPv6>/<subnet_prefix_length> or <IPv6>. If you skip <subnet_prefix_length>, the default value of 64 is used.
optional IPv6ThroughDhcp SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the IPv6 address is obtained through DHCP.
optional ManagementTrafficEnabled Boolean named
Indicates that you want to enable the network adapter for management traffic. This parameter is supported only on ESX/ESXi/vCenter Server 4.1 and later.
optional Mtu Int32 named
Specifies the MTU size. This parameter is supported only on ESX/vCenter Server 4.1 and later.
optional PortId String named
Specifies the port of the specified distributed switch to which you want to connect the network adapter. Use this parameter only if a distributed switch is passed to the VirtualSwitch parameter.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
 The Server parameter is required when the host is specified by name. In this case, the host with the specified name is searched for on the specified Servers and a network adapter is added to it. If a VMHost object is passed to the VMHost parameter, the Server parameter is not used.
optional VMHost VMHost named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the host to which you want to add the new adapter. This parameter is mandatory when creating a network adapter on a distributed switch.
optional VMotionEnabled Boolean named
Indicates that you want to use the new virtual host/VMKernel network adapter for VMotion.
optional VsanTrafficEnabled Boolean named
Indicates that Virtual SAN traffic is enabled on this network adapter.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Host.Networking.Nic.HostVirtualNic

Examples

Example 1 

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVirtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $vmhost -Name MyVirtualSwitch1
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $vmhost -PortGroup MyVMKernelPortGroup1 -VirtualSwitch $myVirtualSwitch -Mtu 4000

Creates a VMKernel port group at the MyVirtualSwitch1 virtual switch. The IP address is obtained via DHCP.

Example 2 

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVirtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $vmhost -Name MyVirtualSwitch1
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $vmhost -PortGroup MyVMKernelPortGroup1 -VirtualSwitch $myVirtualSwitch -IP 192.168.168.110 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0

Creates a VMKernel port group at the MyVirtualSwitch1 virtual switch and assigns a static IP address.

Example 3 

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVirtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $vmhost -Name MyVirtualSwitch1
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $vmhost -VirtualSwitch $myVirtualSwitch -PortGroup MyVMKernelPortGroup1 -IP 192.168.0.1 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -IPv6 "0200:2342::1/32"

Creates a VMKernel NIC that has an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address.

Example 4 

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVirtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $vmhost -Name MyVirtualSwitch1
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $vmhost -VirtualSwitch $myVirtualSwitch -PortGroup MyVMKernelPortGroup1 -IP 192.168.0.1 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -AutomaticIPv6

Creates a VMKernel NIC that obtains IPv6 automatically (by router advertisement) and takes the desired IPv4 address.

Example 5 

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVirtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $vmhost -Name MyVirtualSwitch1
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $vmhost -VirtualSwitch $myVirtualSwitch -PortGroup MyVMKernelPortGroup1 -IPv6ThroughDhcp

Creates a VMKernel NIC that obtains the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses by DHCP.

Example 6 

$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name MyVMHost1
$myVirtualSwitch = Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost $vmhost -Name MyVirtualSwitch1
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $vmhost -PortGroup MyConsolePortGroup1 -VirtualSwitch $myVirtualSwitch -ConsoleNic

Creates a Service Console port group at the vSwitch virtual switch. The IP address is obtained via DHCP.

Example 7 

$myVMHost = Get-VMHost -Name "MyVMHost"
$myVDSwitch = Get-VDSwitch -Name "MyVDSwitch"
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $myVMHost -PortGroup "MyVDPortgroup" -VirtualSwitch $myVDSwitch -IP 192.168.0.50 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0

Creates a new VMKernel network adapter and connects it to the specified port group on the specified distributed switch.

Example 8 

$myVMHost = Get-VMHost -Name "MyVMHost"
$myVDSwitch = Get-VDSwitch -Name "MyVDSwitch"
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost $myVMHost -VirtualSwitch $myVDSwitch -PortId 100 -IP 192.168.0.50 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0

Creates a new VMKernel network adapter and connects it to a specified port on a specified distributed switch.

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