[ovs-dev] [PATCH] WMI Script that updates Hyper-V friendly port names

[Nithin Raju]

Thanks Alin. I tested this script and it works!

It would be great if we can document the usage in INSTALL.Windows - both for one vNIC case and 2 vNIC case. It does not have to be part of this checkin.

Tested-by: Nithin Raju <nithin at vmware.com>
Acked-by: Nithin Raju <nithin at vmware.com>

-- Nithin

On Sep 26, 2014, at 6:20 AM, Alin Serdean <aserdean at cloudbasesolutions.com>
 wrote:

> Hello Nithin,
> 
> Yes it works if a VM has multiple network adapters. Invocation is different though. Example for a VM with 2 network adapters:
> 
> $vnic = Get-VMNetworkAdapter test_2_1
> $vnic[0]
> Connect-VMNetworkAdapter -VMNetworkAdapter $vnic[0] -SwitchName external
> $vnic[0] | Set-VMNetworkAdapterOVSPort -OVSPortName ovs-port-1
> 
> Connect-VMNetworkAdapter -VMNetworkAdapter $vnic[1] -SwitchName external
> $vnic[1] | Set-VMNetworkAdapterOVSPort -OVSPortName ovs-port-2
> $vnic[1]
> 
> Regards,
> Alin.
> 
> -----Mesaj original-----
> De la: Nithin Raju [mailto:nithin at vmware.com] 
> Trimis: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:35 AM
> Către: Alin Serdean
> Cc: dev at openvswitch.org
> Subiect: Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH] WMI Script that updates Hyper-V friendly port names
> 
> 
> On Sep 24, 2014, at 11:18 PM, Alin Serdean <aserdean at cloudbasesolutions.com> wrote:
> 
>> The following script leverage's the advantages of WMI infrastructure 
>> offered in Hyper-V.
>> 
>> This scripts allows the user to change the 
>> Msvm_EthernetPortAllocationSettingData property of a VM network 
>> adapter connected to a Hyper-V Virtual Switch.
>> 
>> Usage:
>> import-module .\OVS.psm1
>> $vnic = Get-VMNetworkAdapter VM1
>> Connect-VMNetworkAdapter -VMNetworkAdapter $vnic -SwitchName external 
>> $vnic | Set-VMNetworkAdapterOVSPort -OVSPortName ovs-port-1
>> 
>> VM1 - is a VM on top of a Hyper-V
>> external - is a Hyper-V Virtual Switch
> 
> hi Alin,
> Will this code work if the VM has multiple adapters? It is OK if it does not, but I was just curious about it.
> 
> I'll give this a shot tomorrow.
> 
> thanks,
> Nithin

Thanks,
-- Nithin