Interface specifies the interface name or interface MAC address that you bind to Network Load Balancing. This is a required setting.

Note
To enable this Network Load Balancing setting, the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package must be enabled in the Windows® image you are installing. To do this, use Windows System Image Manager to add the Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package to your answer file, and then configure the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package to enable it. For more information about adding and configuring packages, see the Windows® Assessment and Deployment (Windows ADK) Technical Reference.

Values

Interface

Specifies the name of the interface or the interface MAC address.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core.

XML Example

The following XML output specifies that the interface to be used is Local Area Connection 2.

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<Interface>Local Area Connection 2</Interface>

The following XML output specifies the interface to be used by the MAC address.

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<Interface>00-30-6E-12-9F-5E</Interface>

See Also

Concepts

Cluster