HP 1.10GB Virtual Connect Ethernet Module for c-Class BladeSystem User Manual

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Virtual Connect networks 101

Field name

Description

Network Name

Displays the name of the associated networks

VLAN ID

Displays the VLAN ID number

Native

Select whether native VLAN is enabled (checked) or disabled (unchecked).

Only one network per Shared Uplink Set can be designated as the native

network.

Smart Link

Select whether Smart Link is enabled (checked) or disabled (unchecked).

Private Network

Select to designate (checked) or not to designate (unchecked) this network as

a private network.

Action

Perform edit and delete operations

The following table describes the available actions in the Define Shared Uplink Set screen. Clicking another
link in the pull-down menu or left navigation tree causes current edits that have not been applied to be lost.

Task

Action

Add an external port

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

Set the Port Role to primary or

secondary

Click the down arrow in the Port Role column and select Primary or Secondary.

Change the uplink interface port
speed or disable the port

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

Delete a port

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

to display a menu, and then select Delete Port.

Change connection mode

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

Auto or Failover. For information on Connection Modes, see "Defining a
shared uplink set (on page

102

)."

Add a single associated

network

Click Add above the table, or right-click on the header row to display a menu,

and then select Add. Select the a single Associated Network radio button, and

then enter the network name and VLAN ID in the fields provided.

Add multiple associated

networks

Click Add above the table, or right-click on the header row to display a menu,

and then select Add. Select the multiple Associated Networks radio button,

and then enter the network name prefix and suffix and the VLAN ID ranges in
the fields provided.

Enable native VLAN on the

network being defined

Select the Native checkbox. Only one network can be designated as the native

VLAN. This option is available when adding a single associated network only.

Enable or disable Smart Link on
the network being defined

Select the Smart Link checkbox.

Designate or do not designate

this network as a private
network

Select the Private Network checkbox.

Set a custom value for preferred
link connection speed or

maximum link connection speed

Select the Advanced Network Settings checkbox.

Edit associated network
properties

Click the Edit link in the Action column, or left-click to select an associated

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

Delete an associated network

Click the Delete link in the Action column; left-click to select an associated

network, right-click to display a menu, and then select Delete; or select the

checkboxes for the associated networks you want to delete, and then click
Delete.

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