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Configure Virtual Switches

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Just like you would have a physical switches and NICs in a network we also have them in a virtual enviroment.
Switches still function at layer 2
Unlike physical switches virtual one have no port limitations.
Enable SRIOV if desired because it can not be changed. ** Create Virtual Switch via GUI**
On the left pane Rt click on server
Select Virtual Switch Manager

External virtual networks You can use this type when you want to provide virtual machines with access to a physical network and communicate with externally located servers and clients. Only one per physical adapter.

Get-NetAdapter
New-VMSwitch "QoS Switch" -NetAdapterName "Wired Ethernet Connection 3" -MinimumBandwidthMode Weight

Internal virtual networks You can use this type when you want to allow network communication between virtual machines on the same virtualization server and between virtual machines and the management operating system.

Private virtual network You can use this type when you want allow network communication between virtual machines on the same virtualization server. A private virtual network is not bound to a physical network adapter. This type of network is useful if you want to create an isolated network environment.

Allow Management Operating System to Share this Network Adapter

Selected by default when you create an external switch
Clearing excludes host OS from physical network access, VMs have access

Enable Virtual LAN Identification for Management Operating System

If host computer is connected to a VLAN you can select this option to specifiy a VLAN ID to associte it accordingly.

Configure MAC Address info

PowerShell https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/hyper-v/new-vmswitch?view=win10-ps Get-Help VMSwitch New-VMSwitch -Name Demo2 -SwitchType Internal

Removing a virtual Switch Make sure to document what VMs are associated with particular switches.