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Adding Adapter on vSwitch

List Adapter

Get-VMNetworkAdapterVlan -ManagementOS 

Adding Adapter

Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Lan" -SwitchName "vSwitch"
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "Wan" -SwitchName "vSwitch"
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOS -Name "San" -SwitchName "vSwitch"

Tagging vlan on Adapter

Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan -ManagementOS -VMNetworkAdapterName "LAN" -Access -VlanId 3023
Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan -ManagementOS -VMNetworkAdapterName "Wan" -Access -VlanId 2295
Set-VMNetworkAdapterVlan -ManagementOS -VMNetworkAdapterName "San" -Access -VlanId 2230

If you need to remove an Adapter

Remove-VMNetworkAdapter -ManagementOs -VMNetworkAdapterName LAN

Add an IP to an Adapter

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceAlias "LAN" -IPAddress 10.10.10.10 -PrefixLength 24 -Type Unicast

On all interfaces (Physical or Virtual) we will activate the Jumbo Packets (also called Jumbo Frames) for 9014 Bytes

Get-NetAdapterAdvancedProperty -DisplayName “Jumbo Packet” | Set-NetAdapterAdvancedProperty -RegistryValue “9014”

For thea SANadapter interface configurationyou  will use for iSCSI, uncheck all options except IPv4 and uncheck "Register this connection's addresses in DNS" and select "Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP"

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