HP Integrity rx5670 Server - Manual (Page 25)

Network Adapter Scripting Utility
Introduction
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Introduction
When using scripting to configure the target systems, NICs are identified by their
relative order in the system. The relative order is determined by the slot and port order
in the system. NICs on the system board are assigned the lowest numbers, followed by
the remaining NICs that are ordered from lowest slot number to highest. Multi-ported
NICs are ordered by ascending port number within each slot.
Order of NICs on target systems
NICs on the target system are configured to match the corresponding NIC number on
the source server using the following conventions:
• The first NIC on the target system is configured using data from the first NIC on the
source server.
• The second NIC on the target system is configured according to the saved data for the
second NIC on the source server, and so on.
• If the target system has more NICs than the source server, the extra NICs retain
their current settings.
• If the target system has fewer NICs than the source server, data for additional NICs
on the source server is ignored.
Teams on target systems
The target system is configured with the same number of teams present on the source
server using the following conventions:
• Teams are created on the target system consisting of the same relative NICs that
were teamed on the source server. For example, if NICs 3 and 5 were teamed on the
source server, then that teaming information is saved in the data file, and NICs 3 and
5 are teamed on the target system
• In general, the NICs on the team on the target system do not have to be the same
type of NICs that were teamed on the source server. However, some NICs cannot be
teamed, and if an attempt is made to form a team with invalid combinations of NICs,
an error occurs. For example, teams with no common speed capabilities cannot be
teamed on a load balancing team.
• An error occurs in the configuration if the NICs forming the team on the source
server are not present on the target system. For example, if NICs 3 and 5 are teamed
on the source server but the target system has only four NICs, an error is reported
and the configuration is not applied.
• When teams are configured on the target system, the team properties are set to the
values read from the data file for the corresponding team on the source server.
Properties not specified in the data file (and properties specified with invalid data
values) are configured using their default settings.
• If no teams are configured on the source server, then no teaming information is
written to the data file and configuration of the target system consists of configuring
individual NICs only.