How to assign Physical NIC to Virtual Machine.

[mightyvarun]

Hi All,

We have a requirement to assign Physical NIC to Virtual Machine , Can someone confirm how this can be achieved ?

Thanks in advance !!

Regards,

Varun Khatri

[ClintColding · Accepted solution]

You will need to configure VM passthrough for the NIC then assign it to your VM.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101078...

Dedicated NIC to VM

[HawkieMan]

Another alternative is to set up the NIC on a standard port, and then dedicate this for the use of the VMs

[ClintColding]

Here's an older article but it outlines the benefits of using DirectPath.

Performance and Use Cases of VMware DirectPath I/O for Networking | VMware VROOM! Blog - VMware Blog...