Hyper-V NIC configuration on HP servers

If you don't have a good system in place, understanding how physical NICs map to the logical NICs can be confusing. On the physical host server, the ports are numbered 1-4 per four-port adapter. The problem is that Windows does not see the ports in this order and, at this point, it has nothing to do with Hyper-V. If you plug a cable into port 1, Windows may report it as Local Area Connection 3.As you plug in each cable, notice which adapter becomes live and rename it to something that makes sense to you. The following image is an example for teamed NICs:

Without naming these connections as you connect ports, all of the NICs become Local Area Connection and an arbitrary number.

Important!

Do not enable the Allow management operating system to share this network adapter check box. Use a dedicated Management NIC that is not shared with your production guest NICs.