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13.5.2 Update network interface settings
Under the Network Interface Settings section, all network interfaces and Fiber channel cards that are
available in (template) the source server are listed with following details:
• User friendly name with location
• Type of fabric: NIC, CNA, or FC
• Port layout
• Partitioning capability and option to enable/disable it
• Min/Max bandwidth allocation per partition
• IOA VLAN attributes corresponding to network ports (for modular server templates only)
Following use cases can be achieved by using this section of template settings:
• Enable or disable partitioning on capable cards
• Allocate minimum and maximum bandwidth for each partition
• Assign tagged VLANs and untagged VLAN per port
Note—Dual port card will always provide four partitions per port. However, Quad port card will always provide
2 partitions per port. Also, cards that can support more number of virtual functions per port than defined here,
are not supported yet. However, if tried, template deployment might eventually fail. Example cards: Intel(R)
10GbE 2P X710-k bNDC, Emulex OCm14102-U5-D - F8:BC:12:FB:00:02, etc.