9.5.01 HP P4000 SAN Solution User Guide (AX696-96168, February 2012)

Managing settings on network interfaces
Configure or change the settings of the network interfaces in the storage systems. See “Network
best practices” (page 48) for more information.
Requirements
These settings must be configured before creating NIC bonds.
TCP status tab
Review the status of the TCP interfaces. Change the speed and duplex, frame size, and NIC flow
control of an interface. Changing the speed and duplex and NIC flow control can only be performed
on interfaces that are not in a bond. The frame size can be changed on interfaces individually or
on a bonded interface.
NOTE: You cannot change the speed, duplex, or flow control of a VSA.
Review the status of the network interfaces on the TCP Status tab.
Table 13 Status of and information about network interfaces
DescriptionColumn
Name of the interface. Entries vary depending on the
storage system.
Name
• bond0—The bonded interface(s) (appears only if
storage system is configured for bonding)
• Motherboard:Port1
• Motherboard:Port2
• G4-Motherboard:Port1
• G4-Motherboard:Port2
• Eth0
Describes each interface listed. For example, the bond0
is the Logical Failover Device.
Description
Lists the actual operating speed reported by the interface.Speed/Method
Lists duplex as reported by the interface.Duplex/Method
Describes the state of the interface. See “NIC status in
Active-Passive configuration” (page 58) for a detailed
description of individual NIC status.
Status
Lists the frame size setting for the interface.Frame Size
(For Active-Passive bonds) Indicates whether the interface
is set as preferred. The preferred interface is the interface
Preferred
within an Active-Passive bond that is used for data transfer
during normal operation.
Changing speed and duplex settings
The settings for the storage system and the switch must be the same. Available settings are listed
in Table 14 (page 50).
Table 14 Setting storage system speed and duplex settings
Switch setting speed/duplexStorage system setting speed/duplex
Auto/AutoAuto/Auto
1000/Full1000/Full
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