Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 User Manual page 1386

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 Assigning a NIC port respectively to an LPAR

This function can assign a physical NIC port to an LPAR duplicately. More numbers of

segments than that of physical NICs can be configured, which brings advantages to the

system with a few NICs installed. Up to 16 shared NICs can be available when together

with the function of expanding the number of shared NICs/virtual NICs.

Shared NIC function

(1) You can bind shared NICs into a physical NIC port in any combination as long as

within the specified number of shared NICs and that of physical NICs.

(2) This function is available only with LPAR manager expansion mode. With LPAR

manager standard mode, LPAR manager system memory is increased by 256 MB,

which reduces the memory available for the user by 256 MB.

(3) Make sure to deactivate all LPARs before changing LPAR manager operating

modes: changing from LPAR manager standard mode to LPAR manager

expansion mode, or from LPAR manager expansion mode to LPAR manager

standard mode. When you select Yes to "Save LPAR manager configuration and

reboot LPAR manager system. Do You Continue? ", LPAR manager will be

automatically rebooted.

(4) The setting for assigning a segment duplicately can be available in LPAR manager

expansion mode, while a segment is assigned not duplicately in LPAR manager

standard mode.

(5) When you have assigned a segment duplicately in LPAR manager expansion mode,

the settings remains even if the mode is changed to LPAR manager standard mode.

To disable the duplicate assignment setting, cancel it with the Virtual NIC

Assignment screen and then set the shared NIC again.

(6) You can configure this function with the LPAR manager screen, HvmSh command,

or HVM Navigator.

(7) Version downgrade by switching LPAR manager firmware banks is not supported.

(8) In LPAR migration, an LPAR cannot migrate to LPAR manager in the different

operating mode.

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