HP Integrity Virtual Machines Manager 4.3 User Guide

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The Vswitch Properties General tab” (page 67) displays information about the general state
of the virtual switch.
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Displays this window in a format suitable for printing.
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The Vswitch Properties Network tab” (page 68) displays network details about the virtual
switch.
Vswitch Properties General tab
The Vswitch Properties General tab shows the status, configuration properties, and port assignments
of a virtual switch.
Quick reference
Figure 41 Vswitch Properties General tab
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Goes back to the previous view, in this case the VM Manager VM Host view. When you
access the Vswitch Properties view from another VM Manager view (such as the VM Host
view), the link returns you to that previous VM Manager view.
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Displays this window in a format suitable for printing.
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Displays virtual switch configuration information.
Screen details
Table 5 Data displayed by the Vswitch Properties General tab
DescriptionData
Name of the virtual switchVswitch Name
The status of the virtual switch:
Up (operational)
Down (inoperational)
Link down (the physical network interface used by the vswitch is not running)
Status
The type of virtual switch:
shared vswitch: can be used by more than one virtual machine that includes a virtual network
device (virtual NIC) backed by the switch
dedicated vswitch: can be used by only one started virtual machine at a time
Type
The LAN interface on the host through which the network traffic flowsBacking LAN
Indicates whether the backing LAN interface supports Accelerated Virtual Input/Output.
AVIO is supported on HP Integrity VM Version 3.5 or later. For each virtual machine containing
an AVIO device, the VM Host OS and the guest OS must support AVIO. For more information
about AVIO requirements, see “Creating virtual switches” (page 100) in this manual. In addition,
see the HP Integrity Virtual Machines Installation, Configuration, and Administration manual.
Supports AVIO
The set of active virtual machines that are configured to use this vswitch, are currently started, and
therefore, are using the vswitch
Actively used by
Virtual Switch (Vswitch) Properties view 67