- About Virtual Network Interfaces
- Add a Virtual Network Interface
- Activate/deactivate a Virtual Network Interface
- Remove a Virtual Network Interface
- Change Virtual Network Interface Properties
Change Virtual Network Interface Properties
Oct 09, 2015
To change properties of a virtual network interface, open the Virtual Interface Properties dialog box by doing one of the following:
- Click on the VM's Networking tab, then select the virtual network interface and click Properties.
- On the Network page of the New VM wizard, click Properties.
You can change the network location and MAC address of a virtual network interface, and you may also be able to set its I/O priority.
| Network | The network location of the virtual network interface. |
| MAC address | The MAC address of the virtual network interface can be autogenerated or you can enter it manually in the form XY:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX where X is any hexadecimal digit, and Y is one of 2, 6, A or E. |
| Enable QoS limit | Select this option and enter a value in kilobytes per second (kB/s)
to set an optional I/O priority Quality of Service (QoS) setting
for maximum network transfer rate.
When memory resources are low, using I/O throttling in this way will slow the memory processing and help make the system more stable by preventing crashes. If the pool is configured to use a vSwitch Controller, the QoS option here will be unavailable; in this case, you should configure QoS settings using the vSwitch Controller, if required. |