Task

Action

 

 

Enable or disable Smart Link on the

Select the Smart Link checkbox.

network being defined

 

Designate or do not designate the

Select the Private Network checkbox.

network as a private network

 

Enable or disable VLAN tunneling

Select the Enable VLAN Tunneling checkbox.

Enable or disable the network

Select the Enabled checkbox.

Set a custom value for preferred link

Select the Advanced Network Settings checkbox.

connection speed or maximum link

 

connection speed

 

Set the Connection Mode

Select Auto or Failover. For a description of these modes, see "Defining

 

a network (on page 125)."

 

 

Set the LACP Timer

Select the duration for the LACP Timer ("LACP timer configuration" on

 

page 102).

Add an external uplink port to the

Use the cascading menu to select a port, and then click Add Port.

network

 

Change the uplink interface port speed

Click the pull-down box under Speed/Duplex, and then select a setting.

or disable the port

 

Change the connection mode

Click the down arrow in the box next to Connection Mode, and then

 

select Auto or Failover. For a description of these modes, see "Defining

 

a network (on page 125)."

 

 

Delete an added port

Click the Delete link in the Action column, or left-click the port to select it,

 

right-click to display a menu, and then select Delete.

 

 

Add this network to Network Access

In the Network Access Groups field, begin typing the name of a Network

Groups

Access Group that should include this network. When the Network

 

Access Group name appears, select the name.

 

 

Remove this network from Network

In the Network Access Groups field, click the X next to the Network

Access Groups

Access Group name that should not include this network.

Save changes

Click Apply.

Cancel without saving changes

Click Cancel.

If the network mappings are changed on the NIC ports, a link might not be re-established between the module and the ports of an NC364m mezzanine card.

If the server is rebooted, the link is established on all ports on both sides of the connection. Manually toggling the link from the server should also restore the link.

Advanced Network Settings

These settings affect only newly created profiles.

Versions of VC prior to v4.01 used the "preferred speed" to control bandwidth allocation. When existing profiles are upgraded to VC v4.01 or later, the "maximum speed" from the network is set automatically on the connection. If no maximum speed was configured prior to the upgrade, then the maximum speed is 20 Gb for Ethernet connections. The 20Gb maximum speed is dependent on 20Gb NICs and the HP VC FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module being present in the domain. The pre-4.01 behavior can be retained by setting "maximum speed" to the same value as "preferred speed". When the maximum speed and preferred speed for a network are set to the same bandwidth, then the profile connection bandwidth does not exceed the custom speed set on the connection.

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