Virtualization, Servers and Storage : How-to connect and disconnect Virtual Machine network adapters

Created by JM Lopez, last modified on Jul 11, 2024

(blue star) Instructions using the Portal

  1. Login to https://vss-portal.eis.utoronto.ca

  2. Look for the VM to Edit and click the (blue star)  button.

  3. From the VM card, click on the NETWORKS tab.

  4. Use the toggle to Connect (Up) and Disconnect (Down):

  5. Click on UPDATE to and confirm the changes.

(blue star) Instructions using the vss-cli

Using https://vss-cli.eis.utoronto.ca or a local VSS CLI install

  1. Update the network adapter as follows:

    vss-cli --wait compute vm set {id-or-name} nic up --state {connect|disconnect} {unit}

  2. For example, disconnecting NIC 1: 

    vss-cli --wait compute vm set 2311P-VM-1 nic up --state disconnect 1

More information about Managing Networks and NICs with the vss-cli:Manage Networks and Interface Cards

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