Dual Lan Configuration; Functional Overview; Operable Network Configuration - NEC Express5800 320Fd-MR User Manual

3-2 ESX Server Operation and Configuration

DUAL LAN CONFIGURATION

The operable network configuration is described here.

Functional Overview

Duplicating a LAN is achieved by binding multiple adapters to the same virtual switch (NIC
teaming). If an uplink adapter fails, it switches to another adapter to continue the operation.

Operable Network Configuration

For NEC Express5800/ft series, network interface names are based on the naming convention as
described in the table below. Network duplication is achieved by pairing network interfaces of PCI
slots in CPU/IO module 0 and network interfaces in the same PCI slots in CPU/IO module 1 (i.e.
Two network interfaces are bound to a switch). You can configure the setting of and check the
network interfaces from VI client. For more specific setting method, see VMware Infrastructure
Server Configuration Guide.
PCI slot and network interface name
PCI slot
On Board
PCI-X slot 1
*The number enclosed with brackets in the CPU/IO module column is slot
numbers allocated by vndctl described later. The numbers from 1 to 8 are
allocated to the interface names in alphabetical order.
Port CPU/IO module 0
#1 vmnic 100200 (1)
#2 vmnic 100201 (2)
#1 vmnic 100600 (3)
CPU/IO module 1
vmnic 110200 (1)
vmnic 110201 (2)
vmnic 110600 (3)