New Switch

Creates a new virtual switch on one or more virtual machine hosts.

Input Parameters

Name Type Required Description
Name String Yes Switch to be created.
Net Adapter Name String No Network adapter to be bound to the switch to be created. You can use the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet to get the interface description of a network adapter.
Allow Management OS Boolean No Specifies if the parent partition has access to the physical NIC bound to the virtual switch.
Minimum Bandwidth Mode Selector No Minimum bandwidth is to be configured on the virtual switch. Allowed values are Absolute, Default, None, or Weight. If Absolute is specified, minimum bandwidth is bits per second. If Weight is specified, minimum bandwidth is a value ranging from 1 to 100. If None is specified, minimum bandwidth is disabled on the switch – that is, users cannot configure it on any network adapter connected to the switch. If Default is specified, the system will set the mode to Weight, if the switch is not IOV-enabled, or None if the switch is IOV-enabled.

Output Parameters

Name Type Description
Result Number Returns a success value of zero or any value other than zero to indicate failure.

Example Input Parameters

Name Type Required Example
Name String Yes Switch1
Net Adapter Name String Yes Wired Internet Connection 3
Allow Management OS Boolean No True
Min Bandwidth Mode Selector Yes Absolute