User`s guide

Managing Parallels Server Bare Metal Network 152
Creating and Deleting Virtual Adapters
A virtual machine can have up to 16 virtual network adapters. Each adapter can be connected to
a different network. Let us assume that you wish to create a new virtual adapter for the MyVM
virtual machine. To do this, you can execute the following command :
# pctl set MyVM --device-add net
Creating net1 (+) type=shared iface='default' mac=XXXXXXXXXXX
The VM has been successfully configured.
To check that the network adapter (net1) has been successfully added to the virtual machine,
run this command:
# pctl list --info MyVM
ID: {f3b3d134-f512-324b-b0b1-dbd642f5220b}
Name: Windows XP
...
net0 (+) type=shared iface='default' mac=001C42566BCF
net1 (+) type=shared iface='default' mac=001C42AF3D69
At any time, you can remove the newly created network adapter (net1) by executing the
following command:
# pctl set MyVM --device-del net1
Remove the net1 device.
The VM has been successfully configured.
For the full of options that can be used when creating a new virtual network adapter, refer to the
Parallels Command Line Reference Guide.