Users Guide

Managing networks

You can congure logical networks that represent your environment, for the tagged and untagged VLANs. These logical networks are used

to provision the appropriate VLANs on the associated switch port for the physical server NIC port.

NOTE: VLANs are only assigned to servers connected to switches in Fabric mode. For servers connected to switches in Full

Switch mode, the VLAN information is ignored.

In tagged networks, a port handles multiple VLANs. VLAN tagged networks help identify which packet belongs to the VLAN on the other

side. A packet is tagged with a VLAN tag in the Ethernet frame. A VLAN ID is put in the header to identify the network to which it belongs.

In untagged networks, one port handles only one VLAN.

To view the list of networks, click Conguration > Networks. The Networks page with the list of networks is displayed. You can view the

name, description, and VLAN ID of the networks.

A summary of the selected network is displayed on the right side.

You can perform the following tasks on the Networks page:

• Dene networks

• Edit networks

• Delete networks

• Export networks

Topics:

• SmartFabric VLAN management and automated QoS

• Dening networks

• Editing networks

• Exporting network congurations

• Deleting network congurations

SmartFabric VLAN management and automated QoS

Besides assigning VLANs to server proles, SmartFabric Services automate QoS settings based on user input. When a VLAN is created and

you select the related trac type (such as iSCSI and vMotion), the SFS engine assigns the correct QoS setting to that VLAN. You can also

select a “metal” such as gold and bronze to assign your own priority values to the trac.

Table 6. Network

trac types - QoS settings

Network Trac Type Description QoS Setting

General Purpose (Bronze) Used for low-priority data trac 2

General Purpose (Silver) Used for standard/default priority data

trac

General Purpose (Gold) Used for high–priority data trac 4

General Purpose (Platinum) Used for extremely high–priority data trac 5

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