VMWARE vNIC types and vNIC features – vSphere 5.x 1. Virtual Network Adapters (vNIC) for vSphere VMs · Standard VM is deployed with one Network Adapter (vNIC) · Different types of vNIC adapters are available for VM. · Type of network adapter will be selected depending on the VM’s Hardware version · Following are the different types of vNICS available · Flexible. · This Is the default vNIC type for 2-bit guests used for VMs and deployed on ESX 3.x. · Function as Vlance adapter if VMWare Tools are not installed. · Will function as VMXNET if VMWARE Tools are installed. § Vlance : It is emulated version of the AMD 79C970 PCnet32- LANCE NIC, and it is an older 10 Mbps NIC with drivers available in most 32-bit guest operating systems except Windows Vista and later. A virtual machine configured with this network adapter can use its network immediately. § VMXNET : The VMXNET virtual network adapter has no physical counterpart. VMXNET is optimized for performance...
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