Using NIC Teaming and a virtual switch for Windows Server 2012 host networking

September 12, 2020 Alice AUSTIN

Whiteboard overview and step-by-step demonstration of using the native NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012 combined with host level virtual network adapters via a Hyper-V network switch to increase bandwidth and add fault tolerance for all network communications. Leverages minimum QoS weighting to ensure sufficient bandwidth for each type of traffic in contention times. My actual PowerShell used in this video:

Get-NetAdapter
New-NetLbfoTeam -Name “HostSwitchTeam” -TeamMembers NICTeam3,NICTeam4 -TeamingMode Static -Confirm:$false
New-VMSwitch “MgmtSwitch” -MinimumBandwidthMode weight -NetAdapterName “HostSwitchTeam” –AllowManagement $false
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name “LiveMigration” -SwitchName “MgmtSwitch”
Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name “LiveMigration” -MinimumBandwidthWeight 50
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name “Cluster” -SwitchName “MgmtSwitch”
Set-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name “Cluster” -MinimumBandwidthWeight 50

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windows server