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You can not add a physical NIC directly.

1. You need to create a VMSwitch on top of the physical NIC.

   I.E. New-VMSwitch external -AllowManagementOS $true -NetAdapterName Ethernet1

2. Enable the extension on the created visual switch:

   Enable-VMSwitchExtension openvswitch external

3. And than add the VMSwitch to the bridge:

   ovs-vsctl.exe add-br br0

   ovs-vsctl.exe add-port br0 external

You can notcannot add a physical NIC directly.

1. You need to create a VMSwitch on top of the physical NIC.

   I.E. New-VMSwitch external -AllowManagementOS $true -NetAdapterName Ethernet1

2. Enable the extension on the created visual switch:

   Enable-VMSwitchExtension openvswitch external

3. And than add the VMSwitch to the bridge:

   ovs-vsctl.exe add-br br0

   ovs-vsctl.exe add-port br0 external