Managing Network Adapters

Modifying vNIC Properties

Name

Description

Channel Number field

Select the channel number that will be assigned to this vNIC.

 

Note

NIV mode is required for this

 

 

option.

Port Profile drop-down list

Select the port profile that should be associated with the vNIC.

 

This field displays the port profiles defined on the switch to which this

 

server is connected.

 

Note

NIV mode is required for this

 

 

option.

Enable Uplink Failover check box

Check this box if traffic on this vNIC should fail over to the secondary

 

interface if there are communication problems.

 

Note

NIV mode is required for this

 

 

option.

Failback Timeout field

After a vNIC has started using its secondary interface, this setting

 

controls how long the primary interface must be available before the

 

system resumes using the primary interface for the vNIC.

 

Enter a number of seconds between 0 and 600.

 

Note

NIV mode is required for this

 

 

option.

Step 9 In the Ethernet Interrupt area, update the following fields:

Name

Description

Interrupt Count field

The number of interrupt resources to allocate. In general, this value

 

should be equal to the number of completion queue resources.

 

Enter an integer between 1 and 514.

Coalescing Time field

The time to wait between interrupts or the idle period that must be

 

encountered before an interrupt is sent.

 

Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. To turn off interrupt coalescing,

 

enter 0 (zero) in this field.

Coalescing Type drop-down list

This can be one of the following:

 

MIN—The system waits for the time specified in the Coalescing

 

 

Time field before sending another interrupt event.

IDLE—The system does not send an interrupt until there is a period of no activity lasting as least as long as the time specified in the Coalescing Time field.

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