How to temporarily change the type of network adapter?

  1. Stop the service nova-compute:

    sysctl stop nova-compute

  2. Shut off the instance.

    Note

    For Windows virtual instances, you need to remove the interface or redefine the drivers to correctly install the updated adapter drivers.

  3. Connect to the host using virt-manager.

  4. Change the network adapter type to e1000 (item 2 in the picture):

    ../../_images/changing_network_adapter_type.jpg

    Network adapter type change form

  5. Start instance (item 1 in the picture).

  6. Start nova-compute services.