General
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Name |
Optional label for a server profile connection. This label and the server profile name are used internally to construct an initiator alias on Fibre Channel connections for SAN storage zoning. Copying the server profile clears the alias on the copy (new) server profile. |
Function type |
Specifies the network technology:
When configuring an FCoE network connection in a server profile template, select Fibre Channel. FCoE networks are annotated in create, edit, and details views. Use the iSCSI function type for configuring a hardware-offload iSCSI initiator. Then assign primary or secondary boot devices using the Boot selector, and then supply the requested information for iSCSI Initiator, Boot Target, and iSCSI Authentication. Default value:
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Network |
The connection contains either an unassigned network (that reserves the associated port) or a valid Ethernet network, network set, Fibre Channel, or FCoE network. Rack servers do not support unassigned connections. Blade servers support unassigned connections. An Ethernet network or network set can be accessed by an Ethernet device; a Fibre Channel or FCoE network can be accessed by a Fibre Channel device. To access an iSCSI device with an Ethernet connection, you must select
Networks are filtered to both Fibre Channel and FCoE when Type is set to Fibre Channel. NOTE:
Network sets are not allowed on an iSCSI connection. NOTE:
Rack servers do not support an iSCSI connection. Typically, you assign each connection in a profile to a single network. Network sets enable you to select multiple networks for a single connection in a profile. Network sets are useful with hypervisors, where profile connections need the ability to carry multiple networks. You can select a
For blade servers, duplicate networks are not allowed on the same port. This restriction also applies to networks that belong to a network set. For example, if
NOTE:
This constraint is enforced for unassigned server profiles when you attempt to assign the profile to server hardware. Assign duplicate VLANs on different physical ports (LOMs). Create or edit the connections to specify different networks or assign them to different physical ports. |
Port |
You can place a connection on:
To prevent configuration of the connection on the server, select
You specify FlexNICs by adapter, physical port number, and FlexNIC identifier. Adapter identifiers include
Some physical ports are identified by adapter, physical port number, and the suffix
Selecting
The order of physical ports on HPE ProLiant Gen8 server blades is
Before you assign a connection to a FlexNIC, the following conditions must be met:
In general, connections with a port selection of
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Requested bandwidth (Gb/s) |
When you select a network, the appliance automatically populates this box with the preferred bandwidth. This field lets you specify the bandwidth for the connection. You can specify a bandwidth value between 100 Mb/s and the maximum bandwidth of the selected network, in 100 Mb/s increments. The sum of the requested bandwidth values for all connections configured on a physical port cannot exceed the capacity of the port. For Virtual Connect Fibre Channel connections, the available discrete values are based on the adapter and the Fibre Channel interconnect module. With Fibre Channel connections on FlexFabric adapters, you can select from a full range of speeds. However, if you change the HBA adapter speed through the BIOS setting, and then set the Requested bandwidth setting for a server profile connection to a noncompatible value, the link will not be established. NOTE:
A discrepancy can exist between the Allocated Bandwidth of the server profile and what the server OS detects as the link speed for the connection network interface. You can take advantage of the unused bandwidth when the allocated bandwidth for a profile connection is set lower than the maximum bandwidth defined for the network or network set assigned to that connection. The server OS detects the maximum bandwidth only; the Server Profiles screen displays requested, allocated, and maximum bandwidth. |
Boot |
You can select a connection as not bootable, or as a primary or secondary boot device.
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Boot from (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) |
Select a boot target option:
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Use user-specified IDs |
Select to enables or disable the use of user-specified IDs. The fields available depend on the connection type.
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