## PowerCLI Reference

# Get-CINetworkAdapter

## Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual network adapters available on a vCloud Director server.

Syntax

Get-CINetworkAdapter [-Primary <Boolean>] [-Server <CIServer[]>] [-VM <CIVM[]>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-CINetworkAdapter [-Primary <Boolean>] [-Server <CIServer[]>] -VAppNetwork <CIVAppNetwork[]> [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] [-PipelineVariable <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Set-CINetworkAdapter

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves the virtual network adapters available on a vCloud Director server.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
InformationAction | ActionPreference |  | false | false
InformationVariable | String |  | false | false
PipelineVariable | String |  | false | false
Primary | Boolean | Indicates that you want to retrieve only primary virtual network adapters. | false | false
Server | CIServer[] | Specifies the cloud servers on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is given to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-CIServer. | false | false
VAppNetwork | CIVAppNetwork[] | Specifies vApp networks to retrieve the virtual network adapters that are connected to them. | true | true (ByValue)
VM | CIVM[] | Specifies the virtual machines whose virtual network adapters you want to retrieve. | false | true (ByValue)

Return Type

Zero or more CINetworkAdapter objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

    Get-CIVM -Name 'MyVM1' | Get-CINetworkAdapter

Retrieves all virtual network adapters for the MyVM1 virtual machine.

-------------- Example 2 --------------

    Get-CIVappNetwork -Name 'MyVAppNetwork1' -VApp 'MyVapp1' | Get-CINetworkAdapter

Retrieves all virtual network adapters for the specified vApp network.

-------------- Example 3 --------------

    Get-VApp -Name 'MyVapp1' | Get-CIVM | Get-CINetworkAdapter -Primary

Retrieves the primary virtual network adapters for all virtual machines in the specified vApp.

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