Network Configuration on Windows Server 2016

Question

Hey,

I have a server which has 2 physical NICs and with a team at the O/S level. I would like to create multiple vNICs on this teamed interface to segregate the traffic. How can this be achieved? It is NOT a Hyper-V host.

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Answer 1

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>>I would like to create multiple vNICs on this teamed interface to segregate the traffic. How can this be achieved?

You can configure multiple VLANs on a single network interface to segregate the traffic.

When additional team interfaces are created within a team, each additional interface is configured with a particular VLAN ID. Once configured, any VLAN traffic that matches the VLAN ID of a team interface is segregated to that team interface.

If you want to create multiple vNICs, you must create in a Hyper-V environment.

You can refer the following articles about VLANS and vNICs:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/keithmayer/vlan-tricks-with-nics-teaming-hyper-v-in-windows-server-2012

https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-8/should-i-create-new-team-interface-or-vnic

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Best Regards,

Candy