[vbox-dev] Maximum NIC number and SystemProperties.getMaxNetworkAdapters

[Klaus Espenlaub]

On 16.08.2011 17:38, Olivier Cochard-Labbé wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to create a VM with more than 8 NIC.
>
> Referring to the API manual:
> "The total number of adapters per machine is defined by the
> ISystemProperties::getMaxNetworkAdapters property, so the maximum slot
> number is one less than that property's value"
>
> Because I'm using ChipsetType ICH9, a call to:
> $VIRTUALBOX.SystemProperties.getMaxNetworkAdapters($ChipsetType_ICH9)
> give me a result of 36 NIC… Great !
>
> But, when I'm trying to create more than 8 NIC:
> $ADAPTER=$SESSION.machine.getNetworkAdapter(8)
>
> I've got an error message:
> Argument slot is invalid (must be slot<  RT_ELEMENTS(mNetworkAdapters)) »
>
> How Can I configure more than 8 NIC ?

You can't. From what I can tell the implementation is very incomplete. 
There is a reason why the chipset type ICH9 is clearly marked as 
experimental in the documentation.

Klaus
>
> Thanks,
>
> Olivier
>
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