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Chapter 6 Virtual Network Interface Cards (vNICs) 81
High Availability vNIC Pairs
High availability (HA) vNIC pairs can be configured for a single Oracle Fabric
Interconnect chassis, or for two separate Oracle Fabric Interconnects.
The system does not support the dynamic reconfiguration of vNIC failover
characteristics. Once you create an HA enabled vNIC, the system does not allow you
to change its failover characteristics. You must delete the vNIC then create a new
one from scratch.
Also, when you configure an HA vNIC, the configuration of each vNIC in the HA
pair must be the same.
Note – If you are using VMware ESX Server, HA vNIC support is handled through
NIC Teaming. Use the VMware Infrastructure Client to configure a teamed pair of
vNICs. These two network interfaces attach to the same vSwitch. Do not use Xsigo
HA vNIC configurations if you are using ESX Server.
▼ Configure a Single Chassis
This section documents an example of configuring HA within a single Oracle Fabric
Interconnect.
1. Create a vNIC called “haNIC1” and assign it to a server profile “vserver1”:
All of the available physical Ethernet cards are displayed.
add vnic haNIC1.vserver1 ?
Possible completions:
6/1 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 1
6/2 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 2
6/3 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 3
6/4 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 4
6/5 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 5
6/6 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 6
6/7 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 7
6/8 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 8
6/9 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 9
6/10 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 6 port 10
8/1 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 8 port 1
8/2 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 8 port 2
8/3 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 8 port 3
8/4 nwEthernet1GbPort in slot 8 port 4