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Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters the chassis command mode.Server# scope chassis
Step 1
Enters the command mode for the adapter card at the PCI
slot number specified by index.
Server /chassis # scope adapter
index
Step 2
The server must be powered on before you can
view or change adapter settings.
Note
Creates a vNIC and enters the host Ethernet interface
command mode. The name argument can be up to 32
ASCII characters.
Server /chassis/adapter # create
host-eth-if name
Step 3
(Optional)
If NIV mode is enabled for the adapter, you must assign
a channel number to this vNIC. The range is 1 to 1000.
Server /chassis/adapter/host-eth-if #
set channel-number number
Step 4
Commits the transaction to the system configuration.Server /chassis/adapter/host-eth-if #
commit
Step 5
The changes will take effect upon the next server
reboot.
Note
This example creates a vNIC on adapter 1:
Server# scope chassis
Server /chassis # scope adapter 1
Server /chassis/adapter # create host-eth-if Vnic5
Server /chassis/adapter/host-eth-if *# commit
New host-eth-if settings will take effect upon the next server reset
Server /chassis/adapter/host-eth-if #
Deleting a vNIC
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters the chassis command mode.Server# scope chassis
Step 1
Enters the command mode for the adapter card at the PCI
slot number specified by index.
Server /chassis # scope adapter
index
Step 2
The server must be powered on before you can
view or change adapter settings.
Note
Deletes the specified vNIC.Server /chassis/adapter # delete
host-eth-if name
Step 3
You cannot delete either of the two default vNICs,
eth0 or eth1.
Note
Commits the transaction to the system configuration.Server /chassis/adapter # commit
Step 4
Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 1.5
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Managing Network Adapters
Deleting a vNIC