Enable/Disable NIC Using Windows Command Line

Start elevated Command Prompt.

Get NIC list and index number:
wmic nic get name, index

Enable NIC with index number: (eg: 7)
wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=7call enable

Disable NIC with index number: (eg: 7)
wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=7call disable

If you are using Hyper-V Core you can use the Hyper-V menu to display the index of the Hyper-V Management NICs.  You can also use IPConfig /all on the command line to help identify NICs by IP address.
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