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    <title>topic Re: Associate a Physical NIC with a VM in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755502#M167389</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Edit: Seems you're able to do that with DirectPath I/O (map each vmnic to a different VM). You could give that a try.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>tomtom901</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-10-29T17:59:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Associate a Physical NIC with a VM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755500#M167387</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Folks,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am have a requirement for which I am not able to find any specific documentation. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Requirement&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;===========&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The Server on which I am installing Vmware ESXi 5.1 has 5 Physical NICs. I would like to create just 5 Windows 7 Virtual Machines and assign one NIC to each Windows 7 VM on the ESX server. Basically what i am looking for is to associate a physical NIC with a Virtual Machine. I understand this can be done. I am going to connect each Physical NIC to a L2 Switch (Cisco) on a switchport. Now the specific requirement here is, when I disable my NIC from my Windows 7 interfaces page the &lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;line protocol&lt;/SPAN&gt; on the switchport should go &lt;SPAN style="color: #ff0000;"&gt;down&lt;/SPAN&gt; and vice versa, when I shutdown the switchport on the switch, the NIC on Windows 7 VM should say "not connected".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to know if this is possible in Vmware ESXi version 5.1.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I hope the requirement is clear, if not please feel free to respond and i'll put in some more details.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Zubair&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>shzubair</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-29T16:05:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Associate a Physical NIC with a VM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755501#M167388</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;you can use VMDirect Path, but i don't believe you'll be able to connect all 5 devices.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1010789" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1010789"&gt;VMware KB: Configuring VMDirectPath I/O pass-through devices on an ESX/ESXi host &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:02:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755501#M167388</guid>
      <dc:creator>Troy_Clavell</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-29T17:02:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Associate a Physical NIC with a VM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755502#M167389</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Edit: Seems you're able to do that with DirectPath I/O (map each vmnic to a different VM). You could give that a try.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:59:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755502#M167389</guid>
      <dc:creator>tomtom901</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-29T17:59:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Associate a Physical NIC with a VM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755503#M167390</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Aloha,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create 5 vSwitches and associate one physical NIC per. Put one VM on each vSwitch.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Bill&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:39:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755503#M167390</guid>
      <dc:creator>Kahonu84</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-29T21:39:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Associate a Physical NIC with a VM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755504#M167391</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Then you didn't read what needs to happen when the W7 nic is disabled. That won't work with vSwitches.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 06:05:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755504#M167391</guid>
      <dc:creator>tomtom901</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-30T06:05:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Associate a Physical NIC with a VM</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755505#M167392</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi all,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to know if this setup is possible?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1 server configured with vmware workstation or ESXi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Server has 5 windows 7 instance configured&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5 NICS (each NIC is connected to 1 windows 7 instance)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5 NICS will be connected to a cisco/arista/juniper switch.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;* HOW can you bind the physical NIC to the windows 7 instance?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;* WHAT configuration should I be doing in order to physically bind the NIC to the windows 7 instance that it would emulate a physical windows 7 machine?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;* End result would be if that I shut the port on the switch, LAN or NIC on the windows 7 will be disconnected.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;* As if I have 5 physical workstations connected to the same switch.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks for all your comments.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:16:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Associate-a-Physical-NIC-with-a-VM/m-p/1755505#M167392</guid>
      <dc:creator>bluephoenix71</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2016-04-06T10:16:02Z</dc:date>
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