New-VirtualPortGroup options

[bowulf]

I am trying to deploy a new Virtual Portgroup to a number of new servers. Everything is working, but I have a question. How do I set more advanced options like "Notify Switches" option under NIC Teaming tab to "No"? I couldn't find the solution in the get-help section. All I could set was the VLAN option not the more advanced options like the one above or promiscous mode.

Thanks

[LucD]

The VLAN is the only parameter you can set with the cmdlet.

For other options you will have to revert to the SDK.

[halr9000]

This is from my book, wrote this script just a week ago:

param ( [string]$VMHostName, [string]$VSwitchName )

# Get managed object of host server which contains virtual switch we want to configure
$vmhost = Get-VMHost $VMHostName
$hostview = $vmhost | Get-View
# NetworkSystem object oversees all network modifications on a server
$ns = Get-View -Id $hostview.ConfigManager.NetworkSystem
# Copy current spec object to a new one to hold new settings
$vsConfig = $hostview.Config.Network.Vswitch | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $VSwitchName }
$vsSpec = $vsConfig.Spec
# This line is where we specify what to change
$vsSpec.Policy.Security.AllowPromiscuous = $true
# Perform the change
$ns.UpdateVirtualSwitch( $VSwitchName, $vsSpec )

Save it to a file and run it like so:

modifvswitch.ps1 -vmhostname

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