Parameter Name

Description

--device-add

Adds a new virtual network adapter to the virtual machine.

--device-set

Used to configure certain settings of the specified virtual network adapter.

net

Informs the prlctl set command that the device to be added to the virtual machine is a virtual network card.

net N

The name of the virtual network adapter whose parameters you wish to configure. You can learn this name by running the prlctl list command with the --info option.

--type shared|host|bridged

Sets the operating mode of the virtual network adapter. Any VM network adapter can be set to function in one of the following modes:

• host . Select this option if you wish the virtual machine to communicate with the Parallels server and all virtual machines residing on this server. Access to any computers on external networks is not allowed.
• bridged . Select this option if you wish the virtual machine to access other computers on your local network and in the Internet by means of one of the physical Ethernet adapters installed on your Parallels server.
• shared. Select this option if you wish to enable the Network Address Translation (NAT) feature for your virtual machine. In this case the virtual machine will share one and the same IP address with the Parallels server when connecting to external networks.

--iface name

The name of the physical network adapter on the Parallels server to be used for connecting the VM virtual adapter to your local network and the Internet.

--mac addr

The MAC address to be assigned to the virtual network adapter. If you omit this option, the MAC address will be automatically generated by the Parallels Server software.

--mac addr |auto

Use this option with --device-set to make the Parallels Server software regenerate the MAC address assigned to the specified virtual network adapter.

--enable

Enables the virtual network card. All newly created network adapters are enabled by default (provided the --disable option is omitted).

--disable

Temporarily disables the operations with the newly added network adapter; the adapter itself is not removed from the virtual machine configuration.

Note: If you start a virtual machine having one or more network adapters disabled, you will be able to enable these adapters only after the VM stopping.

--connect

Use this option to have the specified network adapter automatically connected to the virtual machine on its start.

--disconnect

Use this option if you do not wish to have the specified network adapter automatically connected to the virtual machine on its start.