How to assign Physical NIC to Virtual Machine.
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
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View ArticleNIC speed 100mbps instead of 1000mbps
I have two HP DL380G6 servers running ESX4i. These servers are equipped with four 1-gigabit NICs. On Server1 all 4NICs are configured and running at 1000mbps. However, Server2 indicates that one of...
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