Re: Can't configure virtual network connect to external

Great... now it work fine

> On Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:45 AM Hii Sing Chung wrote:

> I am running Windows 2008 Enterprise x64 and had updated the Hyper-V to RC0.
> The server is an HP Proliant DL360 G5 5110 (Xeon 2 Cores), 4GB RAM. I
> configured teaming on the 2 Gigabit NIC (HP NC373i Multifunction Gigabit
> Server Adapter). The Server (the host) has fixed IP address configured. In
> Hyper-V the Virtual Network was default set up as "Private virtual machine
> network". Whenever I changed it to External, and clicked OK or Apply, it
> said "Apply Changes...." and would remains at this state forever. I left it
> running for 2 weeks, it was still like that. I rebuilt the server from
> scratch (re-created the RAID, re-install OS), when I reached the Virtual
> Network Manager and configure the virtual network to External, click OK or
> Apply, it went to the "Apply changes....." endless loop. I am stuck here.
>
> Is this caused by the NIC teaming?
>
> Any idea why?


>> On Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:56 AM Ryan Sokolowski [MVP] wrote:

>> Break the NIC team and try this again.
>>
>> --
>> Ryan Sokolowski
>> MVP - Clustering
>> MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


>>> On Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:24 AM Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

>>> I'd agree with Ryan, this is probably from the NIC teaming. The issue is
>>> that when you create an external network in Hyper-V, it removes the TCP/IP
>>> stack from the NIC and replaces it with the "Microsoft Virtual Network
>>> Switch Protocol", and creates a new network that has all the TCP/IP stuff on
>>> it. Apparently that causes issues with the teamed adapter. (Note also that
>>> you should always leave one network adapter free to connect to the parent
>>> partition for management.)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Charlie.
>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>
>>>
>>> "Hii Sing Chung" <singchung@sgintracod.com> wrote in message
>>> news:AA40862C-5584-4F59-947D-D0508EF103BB@microsoft.com...


>>>> On Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:09 AM Hii Sing Chung wrote:

>>>> I broke the team, restarted. When I tried to configure virtual network as
>>>> external, press Apply, it says "Error Applying New Virtual Network Changes.
>>>> Setup switch failed. The switch could not bind to HP NC373i Multifunction
>>>> Gigabit Server Adapter because it is already bound to another switch." I
>>>> tried the second network card, it was the same result. What is the 'switch'
>>>> refer to? What is the 'bind' about?
>>>>
>>>> "Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" <ryan@clustering101.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:E4994088-5DE5-4D29-A492-AD67EE3E2B42@microsoft.com...


>>>>> On Wednesday, April 23, 2008 1:03 AM Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

>>>>> The problem is that the Microsoft Virtual Switch protocol has been enabled
>>>>> on those switches. And once that happens, it's a bit of a nuisance getting
>>>>> them sorted. I just had to do this on a machine (for a different reason, but
>>>>> same process.) To resolve it, I did the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.) deleted all external networks using the Hyper-V Network Manager
>>>>> 2.) Went in to Device Manager and uninstalled the adapters
>>>>> 3.) Rebooted, letting Windows re-create the adapters.
>>>>> 4.) Re-created the external network using the Hyper-V Network Manager
>>>>> 5.) Fixed the "configuration error" for all VMs that were attached to those
>>>>> networks by detaching the network, and then re-attaching to the new switch.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hii Sing Chung" <singchung@sgintracod.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:97BE4A3B-589A-4697-9D60-E99F37501207@microsoft.com...


>>>>>> On Wednesday, April 23, 2008 3:48 AM Hii Sing Chung wrote:

>>>>>> Right, uninstall all the network adapters, re-start. That did the trick.


>>>>>>> On Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:45 AM Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:

>>>>>>> Good, glad it got you working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Charlie.
>>>>>>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>>>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel