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Creating a Hyper-V vSwitch
If you do not configure vSwitches during the Hyper-V deployment in Deploying the Hyper-V Role, you can create a Hyper-V vSwitch by following the instructions in this section.
In the Hyper-V Manager window, click Virtual Switch Manager.
Figure 1 Hyper-V Manager
Hyper-V supports three types of vSwitches: external, internal, and dedicated.
- External: After the vSwitch is deployed, VMs and the physical server are connected to the same vSwitch. If you want to enable VMs to communicate with other servers in the LAN, choose this type.
- Internal: VMs on the physical server can communicate with each other and communicate with the physical server, but cannot communicate with other physical servers.
- Dedicated: VMs on the physical server can communicate with each other, but cannot communicate with any physical server.
In this section, an external vSwitch is selected. Note that only one external vSwitch can be created for each NIC.
Figure 2 Creating a vSwitch
In the Virtual Switch Properties window, enter the vSwitch name and select the 82599 10GE extension NIC. When creating a vSwitch, you can select Enable single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV).
Figure 3 Virtual Switch Properties
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