NIC Configuration

Article
02/02/2010

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

This Aspect refers to network switchport, static and dynamic MAC address issues.

Events

Event ID	Source	Message
12560	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is unsupported.
12560	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for "%4" (%3) is invalid.
12560	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is invalid.
12560	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for "%4" (%3) is invalid.
12561	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Invalid MAC address.
12561	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	Static MAC address %5 for "%4" is invalid.
12561	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Static MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is unsupported.
12561	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	Static MAC address %5 for "%4" is invalid.
12562	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for "%4" (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12562	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12562	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' Static MAC address %5 for "%4" (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12563	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	Static MAC address %5 for "%4" conflicts with another adapter.
12563	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Static MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12563	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	Static MAC address %5 for "%4" conflicts with another adapter.
12564	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' No available MAC address for %4 (%3)
12564	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' No available MAC address for "%4".
12564	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' No available MAC address for "%4".
12565	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	No available MAC address for %4 (%3)
12565	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	No available MAC address for "%4" (%3).
12565	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	No available MAC address for "%4" (%3).
12566	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' The %3 property cannot be modified because the virtual machine is running.
12567	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	The %3 property cannot be modified because the virtual machine is running.
12567	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	The %3 property cannot be modified because the VM is running.
12570	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	The virtual machine cannot be started because the virtual network adapter is configured to use a network that is unavailable. To fix this problem, modify the virtual machine settings to reconfigure the network adapter and then try to start the virtual machine again.
12570	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' The switch port connection for "%4" (%3) is invalid.
12570	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	The virtual machine cannot be started because the virtual network adapter is configured to use a network that is unavailable. To fix this problem, modify the virtual machine settings to reconfigure the network adapter and then try to start the virtual machine again.
12571	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	The virtual machine cannot be started because the virtual network adapter is configured to use a network that is unavailable. To fix this problem, modify the virtual machine settings to reconfigure the network adapter and then try to start the virtual machine again.
12571	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	The switch port connection for "%4" is invalid.
12571	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	The virtual machine cannot be started because the virtual network adapter is configured to use a network that is unavailable. To fix this problem, modify the virtual machine settings to reconfigure the network adapter and then try to start the virtual machine again.
12580	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is unsupported.
12580	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is invalid.
12580	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is invalid.
12580	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	'%1' Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is invalid.
12581	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is invalid.
12581	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is invalid.
12581	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Dynamic MAC address %5 for %4 (%3) is unsupported.
12581	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Invalid MAC address.
12582	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' %4 (%3) started successfully. (Virtual machine ID %2)
12582	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' %4 (%3) started successfully. (VMID %2)
12583	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' %4 (%3) started successfully. (Virtual machine ID %2)
12583	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' %4 (%3) started successfully. (VMID %2)
12670	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' The switch port connection for "%4" (%3) is already in use.
12670	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	'%1' The switch port connection for "%4" (%3) is already in use.
12670	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' The switch port connection for "%4" (%3) is already in use.
12671	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	The switch port connection for "%4" is already in use.
12671	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	The switch port connection for "%4" is already in use.
12671	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	The switch port connection for "%4" is already in use.
12680	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	'%1' The VirtualSystemIdentifier %5 for "%4" (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12680	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	'%1' The VirtualSystemIdentifier %5 for "%4" (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12681	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-SynthNic	The VirtualSystemIdentifier %5 for "%4" (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12681	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VStack-SynthNic	The VirtualSystemIdentifier %5 for "%4" (%3) conflicts with another adapter.
12800	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Cannot modify the Ethernet address when the virtual machine is online.
12800	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot modify the Ethernet address when the virtual machine is online.
12801	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	Cannot modify the Ethernet address.
12801	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	Cannot modify the Ethernet address.
12810	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	The network adapter is not configured correctly because the connection refers to an invalid switch. Verify that the virtual network switch or switch port exists, or attach the network adapter to another virtual network.
12810	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The network adapter is not configured correctly because the connection refers to an invalid switch. Verify that the virtual network switch or switch port exists, or attach the network adapter to another virtual network.
12811	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS	The network adapter is not configured correctly.
12811	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Worker	The network adapter is not configured correctly.
14100	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Network	No available MAC addresses for '%2' (%1)
14102	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Network	Invalid static MAC address '%3' for '%2' (%1)
14104	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Network	Invalid dynamic MAC address for '%2' (%1)
14106	Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Network	Static MAC address '%3' for '%2' (%1) conflicts with another adapter.

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