HP UX vPars and Integrity VM v6 manual Vswitch Properties General tab, Quick reference

1The “Vswitch Properties General tab” (page 67) displays information about the general state of the virtual switch.

2Displays this window in a format suitable for printing.

3The “Vswitch Properties Network tab” (page 68) displays network details about the virtual switch.

Vswitch Properties General tab

The Vswitch Properties General tab shows the status, configuration properties, and port assignments of a virtual switch.

Quick reference

Figure 41 Vswitch Properties General tab

1Goes back to the previous view, in this case the VM Manager VM Host view. When you access the Vswitch Properties view from another VM Manager view (such as the VM Host view), the link returns you to that previous VM Manager view.

2Displays this window in a format suitable for printing.

3 Displays virtual switch configuration information.

Screen details

Table 5 Data displayed by the Vswitch Properties General tab

Data	Description
Vswitch Name	Name of the virtual switch
Status	The status of the virtual switch:
	•	Up (operational)
	•	Down (inoperational)
	• Link down (the physical network interface used by the vswitch is not running)
Type	The type of virtual switch:
	• shared vswitch: can be used by more than one virtual machine that includes a virtual network
		device (virtual NIC) backed by the switch
	• dedicated vswitch: can be used by only one started virtual machine at a time
Backing LAN	The LAN interface on the host through which the network traffic flows
Supports AVIO	Indicates whether the backing LAN interface supports Accelerated Virtual Input/Output.
	AVIO is supported on HP Integrity VM Version 3.5 or later. For each virtual machine containing
	an AVIO device, the VM Host OS and the guest OS must support AVIO. For more information
	about AVIO requirements, see “Creating virtual switches” (page 100) in this manual. In addition,
	see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
Actively used by	The set of active virtual machines that are configured to use this vswitch, are currently started, and
	therefore, are using the vswitch

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