Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter

This cmdlet configures the specified host network adapter. For a physical NIC, you can change the duplex and the bit rate settings (10, 100, 1000, 10000). For a regular virtual NIC, you can change the IP address and the subnet mask. For a console virtual NIC, you can modify the IP and the subnet mask, or choose DHCP mode.

Syntax

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter
-PortGroup < DistributedPortGroup >
-VirtualNic < HostVirtualNic[] >
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 PortGroup DistributedPortGroup named
Specifies a distributed port group to which you want to connect the host network adapter. You can use this parameter only to migrate a virtual network adapter from a standard port group to a distributed port group.
required
 VirtualNic HostVirtualNic[] named
  • pipeline
 Provide a list of the host network adapters you want to configure.
Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter
-PhysicalNic < PhysicalNic[] >
[-AutoNegotiate ]
[-BitRatePerSecMb < Int32 > ]
[-Duplex < String > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 PhysicalNic PhysicalNic[] named
  • pipeline
 Specifies the PhysicalNIC objects you want to update.
optional AutoNegotiate SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the host network adapter speed/duplex settings are configured automatically. Use this parameter only if the Duplex and BitRatePerSecMb parameters are not set.
optional BitRatePerSecMb Int32 named
Specifies the bit rate of the link. Only valid when configuring a physical NIC. Use this parameter only if the AutoNegotiate parameter is not set. Note that updating the speed (BitRatePerSec) of a physical NIC might take some time due to the hardware configuration being performed, and the returned object might still contain the current configuration instead of the updated one.
optional Duplex String named
Indicates whether the link is capable of full-duplex. The valid values are Full and Half. You can set this parameter only when updating a PhysicalNIC. Use this parameter only if the AutoNegotiate parameter is not set.
Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter
-VirtualNic < HostVirtualNic[] >
[-AutomaticIPv6 < Boolean > ]
[-Dhcp ]
[-FaultToleranceLoggingEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-IP < String > ]
[-IPv6 < String[] > ]
[-IPv6Enabled < Boolean > ]
[-IPv6ThroughDhcp < Boolean > ]
[-Mac < String > ]
[-ManagementTrafficEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-Mtu < Int32 > ]
[-ProvisioningEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-SubnetMask < String > ]
[-VMotionEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-VSphereBackupNfcEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-VSphereReplicationEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-VSphereReplicationNfcEnabled < Boolean > ]
[-VsanTrafficEnabled < Boolean > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 VirtualNic HostVirtualNic[] named
  • pipeline
 Provide a list of the host network adapters you want to configure.
optional AutomaticIPv6 Boolean named
Indicates that the IPv6 address is obtained through a router advertisement.
optional Dhcp SwitchParameter named
Indicates whether the host network adapter uses a Dhcp server. This parameter works only on ESXi hosts. For VMKernel adapters, Dhcp is supported only on ESX 4.1 and later.
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 IP String named
Specifies an IP address for the network adapter using an IPv4 dot notation. If the NIC has no subnet mask previously defined, you must also set the SubnetMask parameter. If the IP parameter is not specified, DHCP mode is enabled. Only valid when configuring a virtual NIC.
optional IPv6 String[] named
Specifies 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. Specifying a value for IPv6 parameter overrides the current configuration. To clear all configured static IP addresses, pass an empty array to the IPv6 parameter.
optional IPv6Enabled Boolean named
Indicates that IPv6 configuration is enabled. Setting this parameter to $false deactivates all IPv6-related parameters. If the value is $true", you need to provide values for at least one of the IPv6ThroughDhcp, AutomaticIPv6, and IPv6 parameters.
optional IPv6ThroughDhcp Boolean named
Indicates that the IPv6 address is obtained through DHCP.
optional Mac String named
Specifies the media access control (MAC) address of the virtual network adapter. Only valid when configuring a virtual NIC.
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.
optional ProvisioningEnabled Boolean named
Specifies whether vSphere Provisioning is enabled on this network adapter.
optional SubnetMask String named
Specifies a subnet mask for the NIC. If the NIC has a subnet mask previously defined, specifying the SubnetMask parameter when configuring the IP address is not mandatory unless you want to modify the mask. Only valid when configuring a virtual NIC.
optional VMotionEnabled Boolean named
Indicates that you want to use the virtual host/VMKernel network adapter for VMotion.
optional VSphereBackupNfcEnabled Boolean named
Specifies whether backup through NFC is enabled on this network adapter. This parameter is supported in vSphere 7.0 and later.
optional VSphereReplicationEnabled Boolean named
Specifies whether vSphere Replication traffic is enabled on this network adapter.
optional VSphereReplicationNfcEnabled Boolean named
Specifies whether vSphere Replication Network File Copy (NFC) traffic is enabled on this network adapter.
optional VsanTrafficEnabled Boolean named
Specifies whether Virtual SAN traffic is enabled on this network adapter.

Output

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

Examples

Example 1 

$vswitch =  New-VirtualSwitch -VMHost 10.23.112.234  -Name VSwitch

$nic =  New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost 10.23.112.234 -PortGroup PortGroup -VirtualSwitch $vswitch -IP 10.23.123.234 -SubnetMask 255.255.254.0

Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VirtualNIC $nic -IP 10.23.112.245 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -Mtu 4000

Updates the network adapter IP address, Subnet mask, and MTU size.

Example 2 

Get-VMHost Host | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMotionEnabled $true

Enable VMotion on all VMKernel network adapters on the specified host.

Example 3 

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter | where { $_.PortGroupName -eq "Service Console 1" } | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -IPv6Enabled $false

Deactivates the IPv6 support on a network adapter.

Example 4 

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter | where { $_.PortGroupName -eq "Service Console 1" } | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -IPv6ThroughDhcp $true

Configures a network adapter to obtain IPv6 through DHCP.

Example 5 

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter | where { $_.PortGroupName -eq "Service Console 1" } | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -AutomaticIPv6 $true

Configures a network adapter to obtain IPv6 by a router advertisement.

Example 6 

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter | where { $_.PortGroupName -eq "Service Console 1" } | Set-VMHostNetworkAdapter -IPv6 $ipv6Address

Changes the IPv6 address of a network adapter.

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