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11 NIC / FiberChannel / InfiniBand Configuration
SCP supports a variety of network devices. The focus of this section will be on the unique behaviors
available in SCP for these devices.
The full feature set for these devices is outside the scope of this document. It’s recommended to review the
network device’s documentation for all available features.
11.1 LegacyBootProto and PXE
While the BIOS is in legacy (Bios) BootMode and a network device’s LegacyBootProto attribute is set to PXE,
then that component will appear under the BiosBootSeq (BIOS.Setup.1-1). If the LegacyBootProto is
changed to PXE in a template for import, the associated FQDD of the network device can be added to the
BiosBootSeq in the desired position. Otherwise it will be appended to the end of the boot sequence.
{ "FQDD": "NIC.Integrated.1-1-1",
"Attributes": [
{ "Name": "LegacyBootProto",
"Value": "PXE",
"Set On Import": "True",
"Comment": "Read and Write" },
{ "FQDD": "BIOS.Setup.1-1",
"Attributes": [
{ "Name": "BiosBootSeq",
"Value": "HardDisk.List.1-1, NIC.Integrated.1-1-1",
"Set On Import": "True",
"Comment": "Read and Write" },
NOTE: This setting does not impact the boot settings for the BIOS while in Uefi BootMode. See the above
PXE section for Uefi BootMode PXE operations.
11.2 VirtualizationMode
If a network device supports a VirtualizationMode of NPAR or NPAR+SRIOV then enabling this functionality
will cause new FQDDs to appear on the next host reboot.
<Component FQDD="NIC.Slot.2-1-1">
<Attribute Name="VirtualizationMode">NPAR</Attribute>
By enabling NPAR settings, new networked partitions will appear as new FQDDs / Components after the next
CSIOR operation.
<Component FQDD="NIC.Slot.2-1-2">
<Component FQDD="NIC.Slot.2-1-3">
<Component FQDD="NIC.Slot.2-1-4">
If a template is generated on a server with NPAR enabled and applied to a system with NPAR disabled, then
SCP Import will automatically resolve these dependencies. The settings will be applied in a single SCP
Import operation. Confirm that all desired settings were applied by reviewing the configuration results and/or
LCL.