Creating a vNIC for a Service Profile
Procedure
Step 1 Inthe Navigation pane, clickthe Servers tab.
Step 2 Onthe Servers tab, expand Servers >Service Profiles.
Step 3 Expandthe node for theorganization that contains the service profile for which you want to create a vNIC.
Step 4 Expandthe service profile for which you want to createa vNIC.
Step 5 Right-clickthe vNICs node and choose Create vNICs.
Step 6 Inthe Create vNICs dialog box, do the following:
a) Complete the following fields to specify the identity information for the vNIC:
DescriptionName
Theuser-defined name for thisvNIC.
Thisname can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters. You
cannotuse spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), _
(underscore),: (colon), and . (period), and you cannot change this
nameafter the object has beensaved.
Namefield
Checkthis check box if you want to use a template to create the vNIC.
CiscoUCS Manager GUI displaysthe vNIC Templatedrop-down
listfrom whichyou canselect the appropriatetemplate, and the
AdapterPerformance Profile area from which you can select an
adapterprofile.
Youcan only select this option if one or more LAN
connectivitytemplates exist in thesystem.
Note
UseLAN Connectivity
Templatecheck box
Clickthis link ifyou wantto createa vNIC template.CreatevNIC Template link
Ifyou wantto:
•Usethe default MAC address pool, leave this field set to Select
(pooldefault used by default).
•Usethe MAC address assigned to the server by the
manufacturer,select Hardware Default.
•Aspecific MAC address,select 02:25:B5:XX:XX:XX and
enterthe address in the MAC Address field. To verify that this
addressis available,click the corresponding link.
•AMAC address from a pool, select the pool name from the list.
Eachpool name is followed by a pair of numbers in parentheses.
Thefirst number is the number of available MAC addresses in
thepool and thesecond is the total number of MAC addresses
inthe pool.
MACAddress Assignment
drop-downlist
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