Adds a virtual interface to a guest virtual machine (VM).
| vm | Virtual machine. |
| vm_name | Specifies the VM to add the virtual interface to. |
| add | Specifies adding a virtual interface. |
| virtual-interface | Specifies the virtual interface to add. |
| name | Specifies adding an optional name to the virtual interface. |
| vf_name | Specifies an optional name (unique within this VM) for the virtual interface to add to the VM. |
| port | Specifies the associated Insight port (physical function for this virtual interface). |
| port | Specifies the Insight port number. |
| vlan | Specifies an optional VLAN mapped to this virtual interface. |
| vlan_id | Specifies the VLAN ID tag between 1 and 4,094. |
N/A.
The maximum number of virtual interfaces that you can attach is 16. The Insight port specified cannot already be a dedicated port within the VM.
To delete a virtual interface from a guest VM, use the configure vm vm_name delete virtual-interface [name vf_name | mac mac_addr] command.
The following example add a virtual interface to the VM "vm1" on port 7:
# configure vm vm1 add virtual-interface port 7
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 30.5.
This command is available on all platforms that support the Extreme Insight for Guest VMs feature and have a Core license installed. For a list of platforms that support the Insight feature and for information about licenses, see the ExtremeXOS 30.7 Feature License Requirements .