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Evaluating Server 2022 interconnecting Hyper-V machines on different Windows 11 Pro Machines
Dear community,
I've installed two Hyper-V Servers each on five machines. They are all connected to the Internet through their host. Connectivity to their neighbouring hosts is not possible, let alone to their Hyper-V buddies.
This is the installation media used:
https://software-static.download.prss.microsoft.com/pr/download/20348.169.amd64fre.fe_release_svc_refresh.210806-2348_server_serverdatacentereval_en-us.vhd
I've had some Microsoft experience in the past but that is twenty years ago. I am picking this up as a side occupation for fun. Because it is fun when it works 🙂
Kind regards,
Bjarne Petersen
You'll want to create an external vSwitch then plug the physical adapters into a common switch. When you create a new external vSwitch the internet protocols are removed from the adapter and the Hyper-V Extensible Switch protocol is added turning that physical port into a multi-port virtual switch. Connect your VMs to this vSwitch and use each VM's vEthernet to configure the addressing in the exact same manner as if it were a physical NIC
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You'll want to create an external vSwitch then plug the physical adapters into a common switch. When you create a new external vSwitch the internet protocols are removed from the adapter and the Hyper-V Extensible Switch protocol is added turning that physical port into a multi-port virtual switch. Connect your VMs to this vSwitch and use each VM's vEthernet to configure the addressing in the exact same manner as if it were a physical NIC
- Hello Dave,
thank you for your quick reply.
I would not know where to create that external vSwitch bút;
The Hyper-V Extensible Switch protocol is available in the properties of the host NIC. It is unselected. When I do select it, and now it comes, it warns as:" Your current selection will also disable the following features: Hyper-V Extensible Virtual Switch"
The exact very thing we're trying to enable.Do not edit any adapter properties. In Hyper-V Manager in the right-hand pane use Virtual Switch Manager to create a vSwitch
