Table of Contents
Advertisement
Chapter 2
Installing the Server
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings
NIC Modes
This server has the following NIC mode settings that you can choose from:
•
•
•
NIC Redundancy
This server has the following NIC redundancy settings that you can choose from:
OL-32062-01
Dedicated—The dedicated management port on system I/O controller 1 (SIOC 1) is used to access
the Cisco IMC. You must select a NIC redundancy and IP setting. This is the factory-default setting.
Shared LOM—Not supported at this time.
Cisco Card—The ports on an installed network adapter card are used to access the Cisco IMC. You
must select a NIC redundancy and IP setting.
None—The Ethernet ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem. This
–
setting can be used only with the Dedicated NIC mode.
Active-standby—If an active Ethernet port fails, traffic fails over to a standby port.
–
Active-active—All Ethernet ports are utilized simultaneously. This setting can be used only
–
with the Cisco Card NIC mode.
The active-active setting uses Mode 5 or Balance-TLB (adaptive transmit load balancing). This is
channel bonding that does not require any special switch support. The outgoing traffic is distributed
according to the current load (computed relative to the speed) on each slave. Incoming traffic is
received by the current slave. If the receiving slave fails, another slave takes over the MAC address
of the failed receiving slave.
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings
Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Server Installation and Service Guide
2-15
Advertisement
Table of Contents
