Before you begin If you intend to implement a high-availability environment, see for more information about setting up the Microsoft Hyper-V cluster. Ensure that the host meets the prerequisites that are defined in. Ensure that the host system is in the same network as the devices that you want to manage. Ensure that you configure failover for the network adapters using the tools that are provided by the vendor who supplies the network adapters.

Procedure To install and configure Hyper-V Server on the host, complete the following steps. Additional instructions are provided by Microsoft on the. • Download Microsoft Windows 2012 or higher, and burn a DVD-ROM of the image. • Install Microsoft Windows 2012 or higher on a host system that has network connectivity to the devices that you want to manage. • When installation is complete, restart the host system. • Optional: To support failover between redundant adapters, configure NIC teaming.

For information about setting up NIC teaming in Microsoft 2012, see the. • Enable NIC teaming on the server: • From Server Manager, click Local Server. • In the Properties sections, set NIC Teaming to Enabled. • Configure NIC teaming: • From the NIC Teaming page, click the server. • In the Teams section, click Tasks > New Team. • Fill in the team name, and select the new adapters to include in the team.

• Add the Hyper-V feature to this server: • From the Server Manager Dashboard, click Add roles and features. • Ensure that the installation type is role-based or feature-based installation. Lenovo thinkpad t420 pci simple communications controller driver. • Ensure that this server is selected.

Configuring NIC Teaming on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell. The interface description for the NICTeam adapter is Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver. The Get-NetIPInterface shows the addition of a new Team network adapter: I decided to add a second Network Adapter to the NIC Team: The screen shot above. An emulated network adapter is a type of VM network adapter. The emulated network adapter mimics an. Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver (Management) Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver #2 (vSwitch) Minimize that window. The Microsoft Network Adapter Multiplexor Protocol service is a kernel mode driver. Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 174 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

• Select the Hyper-V server role, and click Next. • Select the Ethernet adapter to create a virtual switch for the adapter. • Continue through the wizard. When complete, click Install. • Restart the server to apply the changes.