Users Guide

40 Configuring the Virtual Network
Setting Up the Network Driver for the Guest Operating System
As mentioned earlier, Hyper-V offers a Legacy Network Adapter and a
Synthetic Network Adapter for VMs. The legacy network adapter is an
emulated Intel
®
21140-based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter device. This legacy
device has a device driver in most supported guest operating systems.
A device driver for the synthetic NIC is installed as part of the Integration
Services installation. Drivers for this adapter are available for supported guest
operating systems. For a list of supported guest operating systems,
see "Appendix B" on page 43.
For more information on Integration Services installation, see the
Dell Solutions Overview Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V available from the
Dell Support website at support.dell.com.