only, the 'Use BIOS' selection allows more than one NIC port to have PXE enabled. Only one embedded NIC can have PXE enabled.
The MAC field indicates whether the profile uses a server factory default or a
PXE allows an Ethernet port to be used for a network boot. PXE should only be enabled on a port that is connected to a network with a properly configured PXE environment.
f.To select a multicast filter or filter set, click the
5.If the server will use more than two network connections,
7.Set up FC HBA connections. Two Fibre Channel connections exist for each set of horizontally adjacent interconnect bays in the enclosure that contain
b.Click the down arrow under Port Speed to select Auto, 1Gb, 2Gb, 4Gb, 8Gb, or Disabled for that port. The default is Auto.
8.To modify the Fibre Channel boot parameters, select the Fibre Channel Boot Parameters check box under the FC HBA connections. See "Fibre Channel boot parameters (on page 203)."
After selecting an item from the
oClick on the down arrow under FC SAN/FCoE Network Name to select an available SAN or FCoE network.
oClick on the Port speed to select 1, 2, 4, 8, Custom, Preferred, or Disabled for SAN connections or Auto, Custom, Preferred, or Disabled for FCoE connections. The default is Preferred, and the Custom option allows you to choose a value between 100Mb and 10Gb in 100Mb intervals.
For an FCoE network, if Auto is selected for the port speed, VCM determines the appropriate port speed based on the available bandwidth for the port.
10.To modify the Fibre Channel boot parameters for booting over FCoE, select the Fibre Channel Boot Parameters check box under the FCoE HBA connections. See "Fibre Channel boot parameters (on page 203)."
After selecting an item from the
11.To assign the server profile to a device bay, click the down arrow next to Select Location to select an enclosure and bay number. This step can be deferred.
If the VC domain is configured for
Be sure that the type of server blade in the bay, or planned for the bay, can support the configuration. For example, not all server blades support FCoE connections.
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