Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card
TheCisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card is optimized for virtualized environments, for organizations that
seekincreased mobility in theirphysical environments, and fordata centersthat want reducedcosts 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
ornonvirtualized environments using just-in-time provisioning, providing tremendous system flexibility
andallowing consolidationof multiple physical adapters.
• Delivers uncompromising virtualization support, including hardware-based implementation of Cisco
VN-Linktechnology and pass-throughswitching.
• Improves system security and manageability by providing visibility and portability of network polices
andsecurity all the way to the virtual machine.
Thevirtual interface card makes Cisco VN-Link connections to the parentfabric interconnects, which allows
virtuallinks to connectvirtual NICs in virtualmachines to virtual interfaces in the interconnect.In a Cisco
UnifiedComputing System environment, virtual links then can be managed, network profiles applied, and
interfacesdynamically reprovisioned as virtual machines move between servers in the system.
Cisco UCS VIC1225 Virtual Interface Card
TheCisco UCSVIC1225 VirtualInterface Card is a high-performance, converged network adapter that
providesacceleration for thevarious newoperational modesintroduced by servervirtualization. It brings
superiorflexibility, performance, and bandwidth to the new generation of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount
Servers.
TheCisco UCS VIC 1225 implements the Cisco Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX), which unifies
virtualand physical networking into a single infrastructure. It provides virtual-machine visibility from the
physicalnetwork 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
onCisco 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
busadapters (vHBAs),with high I/O operations per second (IOPS), support for lossless Ethernet, and
20Gbps to servers.
• PCIe Gen2 x16 helps assure optimal bandwidth to the host for network-intensive applications with a
redundantpath to thefabric 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 VirtualInterface 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
2OL-23489-08
Managing Network Adapters
Viewing Network Adapter Properties