A method for creating a virtual disk, the method comprising: identifying a first value associated with a paravirtual network interface card on a first computing machine, the first value including at least one of a Media Access Control address, MAC address, an Ethernet Hardware Address, EHA, a hardware address, and an adapter address associated with the paravirtual network interface card; identifying a second value associated with a physical network interface card on the first computing machine, the second value including at least one of a MAC address, an EHA, a hardware address, and an adapter address associated with the physical network interface card; determining that the paravirtual network interface card is inactive, wherein inactivity of the paravirtual network interface card indicates that communication between the paravirtual network interface card and a virtual machine monitor is unavailable; responsive to determining that the paravirtual network interface card is inactive, binding, by an installer program, the first computing machine to the paravirtual network interface card using the first value to generate a first set of binding information representative of a first communicative link between the first computing machine and the paravirtual network interface card, the first set of binding information including at least one of a first set of policies, instructions, and libraries associating the paravirtual network interface card with a network protocol; binding the first computing machine to the physical network interface card using the second value to generate a second set of binding information representative of a second communicative link between the first computing machine and the physical network interface card, the second set of binding information including at least one of a second set of policies, instructions, and libraries associating the physical network interface card with a network protocol; and creating a virtual disk that includes the first set of binding information and the second set of binding information. identifying a first value associated with a paravirtual network interface card on a first computing machine, the first value including at least one of a Media Access Control address, MAC address, an Ethernet Hardware Address, EHA, a hardware address, and an adapter address associated with the paravirtual network interface card; identifying a second value associated with a physical network interface card on the first computing machine, the second value including at least one of a MAC address, an EHA, a hardware address, and an adapter address associated with the physical network interface card; determining that the paravirtual network interface card is inactive, wherein inactivity of the paravirtual network interface card indicates that communication between the paravirtual network interface card and a virtual machine monitor is unavailable; responsive to determining that the paravirtual network interface card is inactive, binding, by an installer program, the first computing machine to the paravirtual network interface card using the first value to generate a first set of binding information representative of a first communicative link between the first computing machine and the paravirtual network interface card, the first set of binding information including at least one of a first set of policies, instructions, and libraries associating the paravirtual network interface card with a network protocol; binding the first computing machine to the physical network interface card using the second value to generate a second set of binding information representative of a second communicative link between the first computing machine and the physical network interface card, the second set of binding information including at least one of a second set of policies, instructions, and libraries associating the physical network interface card with a network protocol; and creating a virtual disk that includes the first set of binding information and the second set of binding information.