HP OneView 1.0 User Guide

16 Managing interconnects, logical interconnects, and
logical interconnect groups
A logical interconnect group acts as a recipe for creating a logical interconnect representing the
available networks, uplink sets, stacking links, and interconnect settings for a set of physical
interconnects in a single enclosure.
UI screens and REST API resources
REST API resourceUI screen
interconnectsInterconnects
logical-interconnectsLogical Interconnects
logical-interconnect-groupsLogical Interconnect Groups
16.1 Managing enclosure interconnect hardware
When you add an enclosure, any interconnects in the enclosure are also added to the management
domain, and they remain in the domain as long as the enclosure is part of the domain. You can
manage enclosure interconnect hardware from the UI Interconnects screen or by using the REST
APIs.
16.1.1 Roles
• Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Network administrator
16.1.2 Tasks
The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:
• Enable or disable uplink ports or downlink ports.
• Add a physical interconnect.
• View data transfer statistics for uplink and downlink ports.
• Clear port counters.
• Replace a physical interconnect.
• Reapply an interconnect configuration.
16.1.3 About interconnects
Interconnects enable communication between the server hardware in the enclosure and the data
center networks. An interconnect has several types of links:
Uplinks Uplinks are physical ports that connect the interconnect to the data center
networks.
Downlinks Downlinks connect the interconnect to the server hardware through the
enclosure midplane.
Stacking links Stacking links, which can be internal or external, connect interconnects
together to provide redundant paths for Ethernet traffic from server blades
to the data center networks.
Interconnects are added automatically when the enclosure that contains them is added to the
appliance.
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