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Managing Network Adapters

Viewing Network Adapter Properties

Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card

The Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card is optimized for virtualized environments, for organizations that seek increased mobility in their physical environments, and for data centers that want reduced costs through NIC, HBA, cabling, and switch reduction and reduced management overhead. This Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) PCIe card offers the following benefits:

•Allows up to 16 virtual Fibre Channel and 16 virtual Ethernet adapters to be provisioned in virtualized or nonvirtualized environments using just-in-time provisioning, providing tremendous system flexibility and allowing consolidation of multiple physical adapters.

•Delivers uncompromising virtualization support, including hardware-based implementation of Cisco VN-Link technology and pass-through switching.

•Improves system security and manageability by providing visibility and portability of network polices and security all the way to the virtual machine.

The virtual interface card makes Cisco VN-Link connections to the parent fabric interconnects, which allows virtual links to connect virtual NICs in virtual machines to virtual interfaces in the interconnect. In a Cisco Unified Computing System environment, virtual links then can be managed, network profiles applied, and interfaces dynamically reprovisioned as virtual machines move between servers in the system.

Cisco UCS VIC1225 Virtual Interface Card

The Cisco UCS VIC1225 Virtual Interface Card is a high-performance, converged network adapter that provides acceleration for the various new operational modes introduced by server virtualization. It brings superior flexibility, performance, and bandwidth to the new generation of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers.

The Cisco UCS VIC 1225 implements the Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX), which unifies virtual and physical networking into a single infrastructure. It provides virtual-machine visibility from the physical network and a consistent network operations model for physical and virtual servers. In virtualized environments, this highly configurable and self-virtualized adapter provides integrated, modular LAN interfaces on Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers. Additional features and capabilities include:

•Supports up to 256 PCIe virtual devices, either virtual network interface cards (vNICs) or virtual host bus adapters (vHBAs), with high I/O operations per second (IOPS), support for lossless Ethernet, and 20 Gbps to servers.

•PCIe Gen2 x16 helps assure optimal bandwidth to the host for network-intensive applications with a redundant path to the fabric interconnect.

•Half-height design reserves full-height slots in servers for Cisco certified third-party adapters.

•Centrally managed by Cisco UCS Manager with support for Microsoft Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, VMware vSphere, and Citrix XenServer.

Viewing Network Adapter Properties

Before You Begin

•The server must be powered on, or the properties will not display.

•A supported Virtual Interface Card (VIC) must be installed in the chassis and the server must be powered on.

 

Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide, Release 1.4

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Contents Managing Network Adapters Overview of the Cisco UCS C-Series Network AdaptersViewing Network Adapter Properties Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface CardProduct Name column Cimc Management EnabledPCI Slot column Serial Number columnNIV Mode field Configuration Pending fieldFIP Mode field FaultConfiguring Adapter Properties Click Save Changes Enable FIP Mode check boxEnable NIV Mode check box Number of VM FEX Interfaces Viewing vHBA Properties Managing vHBAsGuidelines for Managing vHBAs Name fieldDefault Vlan field FC SAN Boot check boxEnable Persistent LUN Binding Class of Service drop-down listPort Down Timeout field Enable FCP Error RecoveryLink Down Timeout field Ratov fieldThrottle Count field Interrupt Mode drop-down listFlogi Timeout field LUNs per Target fieldModifying vHBA Properties World Wide Node Name field Error Recovery area, update the following fields Fibre Channel Interrupt area, update the following fields Name Creating a vHBA Click Add vHBADeleting a vHBA VHBA Boot TableCreating a Boot Table Entry Fc1Deleting a Boot Table Entry VHBA Persistent BindingViewing Persistent Bindings Guidelines for Managing vNICs Managing vNICsRebuilding Persistent Bindings PCI Order field Viewing vNIC PropertiesTrust Host CoS check box Failback Timeout field Enable PXE Boot check boxEnable Uplink Failover check box Coalescing Type drop-down list Interrupt Count fieldCoalescing Time field Receive Queue Count fieldEnable Large Receive check box Enable TCP Rx OffloadEnable TCP Tx Offload Transmit Queue Ring Size fieldEnable TCP-IPv6 Extension RSS Modifying vNIC PropertiesAccess Ethernet Interrupt area, update the following fields Ethernet Transmit Queue area, update the following fields Enable TCP Receive Side Scaling Creating a vNIC Click Add vNICVirtual Machine Fabric Extender Managing VM FEXDeleting a vNIC Viewing Virtual FEX PropertiesProperties button Vlan Mode columnPXE Boot field Uplink Failover columnInterrupt Mode field Coalescing Type fieldEnable IPv4 RSS field Enable TCP SegmentationEnable Large Receive field Enable TCP-IPv4 RSS fieldClick Export Configuration Backing Up and Restoring the Adapter ConfigurationExporting the Adapter Configuration Tftp Server IP Address fieldClick Import Configuration Importing the Adapter ConfigurationRestoring Adapter Defaults Adapter Firmware Installing Adapter Firmware From a Local FileManaging Adapter Firmware Installing Adapter Firmware From a Tftp Server Install Firmware buttonResetting the Adapter Activating Adapter FirmwareOL-23489-08
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