HP Virtual Connect 1Gb Ethernet Cookbook

Scenario 3 – Multiple Simple Networks Providing Redundancy and Link Aggregation 802.3ad (LACP) with VLAN Tunneling
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Figure 34 - Link aggregation confirmed – Bay 1.
Note: All connections within an active/active LACP group will have the same LAG ID. To view this,
go to the Interconnect bay and view Uplink Port Information. If you are having troubles
establishing an active/active connection, confirm the LAG ID.
Defining a Server Profile with NIC Connections, via GUI
Each server NIC will connect to a specific network.
On the Virtual Connect Manager screen, click Define, Server Profile to create a Server Profile
Create a server profile called “ESX-1”
In the Network Port 1 drop down box, select “vNet-PROD-1”
In the Network Port 2 drop down box, select “vNet-PROD-2”
In the Assign the Profile to a Server Bays, select Bay 1 and apply
Defining a Server Profile with NIC Connections, via CLI
The following command(s) can be copied and pasted into an SSH based CLI session with Virtual
Connect
# Create and Assign Server Profile ESX-1
add profile ESX-1 –nodefaultenetconn
add enet-connection ESX-1 pxe=Enabled
add enet-connection ESX-1 pxe=Disabled
set enet-connection ESX-1 1 Network=vNet-PROD-1
set enet-connection ESX-1 2 Network=vNet-PROD-2
assign profile ESX-1 enc0:1