HP Virtual Connect for c-Class BladeSystem Version 3.00 User Guide for Integrity BL8x0c i2 Server Blades

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Field name Description

Network Name Displays the name of the associated networks

VLAN ID Displays the VLAN ID number

Native

Select whether native VLAN is enabled (checked) or disabled

(unchecked).

Smart Link Select whether Smart Link is enabled (checked) or disabled (unchecked).

Private Network

Select to designate (checked) or not to designate (unchecked) this

network as a private network.

The following table describes the available actions in the Define Shared Uplink Set screen. Clicking

another link in the pull-down menu or left navigation window causes current edits that have not been

applied to be lost.

Task Action

Add an external port

Click the down arrow on Add Port. Select the enclosure, bay number, and

port number.

Set the Port Role to primary or

secondary

Click the down arrow in the Port Role column and select Primary or

Secondary.

Change the uplink interface

port speed or disable the port

Click the drop-down box under Speed/Duplex, and then select a setting.

Delete a port Click the Delete icon in the Delete column of the port to be deleted.

Change connection mode

Click the down arrow in the box next to Connection Mode, and then select

Auto or Failover. For information on Connection Modes, see "Defining a

shared uplink set (on page 76)."

Add an Associated Network

Right-click on the header row of the Associated Networks (VLAN tagged)

table to display a menu, and then select Add.

Enable native VLAN on the

network being defined

Select the Native checkbox. Only one network can be designated as the

native VLAN.

Enable or disable Smart Link

on the network being defined

Select the Smart Link checkbox.

Designate or do not designate

this network as a private

network

Select the Private Network checkbox.

Set a custom value for

preferred link connection

speed or maximum link

connection speed

Select the Advanced Network Settings checkbox.

Edit associated network

properties

Left-click to select an associated network, right-click to display a menu, and

then select Edit.

Delete an associated network

Left-click to select an associated network, right-click to display a menu, and

then select Delete.

Defining a shared uplink set

To define a shared uplink set: