{"id":6421,"date":"2016-05-24T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:01:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:01:57","slug":"building-multiple-nic-vm-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/05\/building-multiple-nic-vm-azure.htm","title":{"rendered":"Building a multiple NIC VM in Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently found myself in the situation where I wanted to build a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure (Resource Manager) with multiple network interface cards (vNICs). This isn&#8217;t available from the portal, but it is possible from the command line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My colleague Leo D&#8217;Arcy pointed me to <a href=\"https:\/\/buildwindows.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/14\/how-to-create-a-multiple-nic-azure-virtual-machine-arm\/\">Samir Farhat&#8217;s blog post on how to create a multiple NIC Azure virtual machine (ARM)<\/a>. Samir has posted <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.technet.microsoft.com\/Create-Multi-NIC-Azure-cf216b2d\">his script on the TechNet Gallery<\/a>&nbsp;but I made a few tweaks in my version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><code>#Variables<\/code><br><code>$VMName = Read-Host \"Virtual Machine Name\"<\/code><br><code>$RGName = Read-Host \"Resource Group where to deploy the VM\"<\/code><br><code>$Region = Read-Host \"Region\/Location\"<\/code><br><code>$SAName = Read-Host \"Storage Account Name\"<\/code><br><code>$VMSize = Read-Host \"Virtual Machine Size\"<\/code><br><code>$AvailabilitySet = Read-Host \"Availability Set ID (use Get-AzureRMAvailabilitySet to find this)\"<\/code><br><code>$VNETName = Read-Host \"Virtual Network Name\"<\/code><br><code>$Subnet01Name = Read-Host \"Subnet 01 Name\"<\/code><br><code>$Subnet02Name = Read-Host \"Subnet 02 Name\"<\/code><br><code>$cred=Get-Credential -Message \"Name and password for the local Administrator account\"<\/code><br>&nbsp;<br><code># Getting the Network<\/code><br><code>$VNET = Get-AzureRMvirtualNetwork | where {$_.Name -eq $VNETName}<\/code><br><code>$SUBNET01 = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $Subnet01Name -VirtualNetwork $VNET<\/code><br><code>$SUBNET02 = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name $Subnet02Name -VirtualNetwork $VNET<\/code><br>&nbsp;<br><code># Create the NICs<\/code><br><code>$NIC01Name = $VMName+'-NIC-01'<\/code><br><code>$NIC02Name = $VMName+'-NIC-02'<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \"Creating\" $NIC01Name<\/code><br><code>$VNIC01 = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $NIC01Name -ResourceGroupName $RGName -Location $Region -SubnetId $SUBNET01.Id<br>\n<code>Write-Host \"Creating\" $NIC02Name<\/code><br><code>$VNIC02 = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name $NIC02Name -ResourceGroupName $RGName -Location $Region -SubnetId $SUBNET02.Id<\/code><br>&nbsp;<br><code># Create the VM config<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \"Creating the VM Configuration\"<\/code><br><code>$VM = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $VMName -VMSize $VMSize -AvailabilitySetId $AvailabilitySet<\/code><br><code>$pubName=\"MicrosoftWindowsServer\"<\/code><br><code>$offerName=\"WindowsServer\"<\/code><br><code>$skuName=\"2012-R2-Datacenter\"<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \" - Setting the operating system\"<\/code><br><code>$VM = Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem -VM $vm -Windows -ComputerName $vmName -Credential $cred -ProvisionVMAgent -EnableAutoUpdate<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \" - Setting the source image\"<\/code><br><code>$VM = Set-AzureRmVMSourceImage -VM $vm -PublisherName $pubName -Offer $offerName -Skus $skuName -Version \"latest\"<\/code><br><code>#Adding the VNICs to the config, you should always choose a Primary NIC<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \" - Adding vNIC 1\"<\/code><br><code>$VM = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $VM -Id $VNIC01.Id -Primary<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \" - Adding vNIC 2\"<\/code><br><code>$VM = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $VM -Id $VNIC02.Id<\/code><br>&nbsp;<br><code># Specify the OS disk name and create the VM<\/code><br><code>$DiskName=$VMName+'-OSDisk'<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \" - Getting the storage account details\"<\/code><br><code>$SA = Get-AzureRmStorageAccount | where { $_.StorageAccountName -eq $SAName}<\/code><br><code>$OSDiskUri = $SA.PrimaryEndpoints.Blob.ToString() + \"vhds\/\" + $vmName+\"-OSDisk.vhd\"<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \" - Setting up the OS disk\"<\/code><br><code>$VM = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $VM -Name $DiskName -VhdUri $osDiskUri -CreateOption fromImage<\/code><br><code>Write-Host \"Creating the virtual machine\"<\/code><br><code>New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $RGName -Location $Region -VM $VM<\/code><\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently found myself in the situation where I wanted to build a virtual machine in Microsoft Azure (Resource Manager) with multiple network interface cards (vNICs). This isn&#8217;t available from the portal, but it is possible from the command line. 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