Custom attributes of NIC teaming for Windows

The nic_teams custom attribute for Windows consists of the following:

Teams — Defines multiple NIC teaming data.
TeamName — Defines the name for a particular NIC team. For example, team0, TeamA, team_1, and so on.
Filter — Defines the filter type. The valid filter types are Name, MacAddress, InterfaceDescription, and ifIndex.

NOTE: Windows NIC teams script fails if you provide invalid filter type.

The sample custom attribute of four filters used for creating multiple NIC teams are as follows:

Name

{"Teams": [{"filter": {"Name": ["Ethernet 4", "Ethernet 3"]}, "TeamName": "Team2"},{"filter": 
{"Name": ["Ethernet 2", "Ethernet"]}, "TeamName": "Team1"}]}

MacAddress

{"Teams": [{"filter": {"MacAddress": ["00-50-56-93-20-BF", "00-50-56-93-54-D6"]}, 
"TeamName": "Team2"},{"filter": {"MacAddress": ["00-50-56-93-25-7E", "00-50-56-93-70-34"]}, 
"TeamName": "Team1"}]}

InterfaceDescription

{"Teams": [{"filter": {"InterfaceDescription": ["Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection", 
"Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection #2"]}, "TeamName": "Team2"},{"filter": 
{"InterfaceDescription": ["Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection #3", "Intel(R) PRO/1000 
MT Network Connection #4"]}, "TeamName": "Team1"}]}

ifIndex

{"Teams": [{"filter": {"ifIndex": ["15", "14"]}, "TeamName": "Team2"},{"filter": {"ifIndex": ["13",
 "12"]}, "TeamName": "Team1"}]}

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	NOTE: Windows NIC teams script fails if you provide invalid filter type.