6.5.1

Change the Virtual Machine Network Adapter Configuration
To change the way the virtual machine communicates with the host or other virtual machines over the
network, you can change the power-on connection setting, the MAC address, and the network connection
for the virtual network adapter configuration for a virtual machine.
For information about configuring the networking for virtual machine network adapters, see the vSphere
Networking documentation.
Prerequisites
Required privilege: Network.Assign network on a network if you are changing the network the virtual
machine connects to.
Procedure
1 Right-click a virtual machine in the inventory and select Edit Settings.
2 On the Virtual Hardware tab, expand Network adapter, and select the port group to connect to from
the drop-down menu.
The menu lists all standard and distributed port groups that are available for virtual machine use on
the host.
If you want to provision bandwidth to the network adapter from a reserved quota by using vSphere
Network I/O Control version 3, select a port group that is associated with the network resource pool
that provides the quota.
3 (Optional) Change the Status settings.
Option Description
Connected Select or deselect this option while the virtual machine is running to connect or
disconnect the virtual network adapter. This check box is not available when the
virtual machine is turned off.
Connect at power on Select this option for the virtual network adapter to connect to the network when
the virtual machine turns on. If you do not check this option, you must manually
connect the adapter in order for the virtual machine to access the network.
4 Select the network adapter type to use from the Adapter Type drop-down menu.
5 (Optional) Select how to assign the MAC address from the drop-down menu.
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Select Automatic to assign a MAC address automatically.
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Select Manual to enter manually the MAC address that you want.
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