Summary; Result - HP Integrity BL890c - i2 Server Manual

Summary

This profile will present NIC 1 to network "PROD-A-1" & NIC 2 to network PROD-A-2 which are mapped
to VLAN 101; frames for VLAN 101 will be passed to NICs 1&2 untagged. NICs 3&4 are connected to
PROD-B-1 & PROD-B-2, which are mapped to VLAN 102; frames for VLAN 102 will be passed to NICs
3&4 untagged.
NICs 5&6 are connected to "Multiple Networks", PROD-C-1 – PROD-E-1 and PROD-C-2 – PROD-E-2,
which are mapped to VLANs 103 – 104; frames will be passed to NICs 5&6 will be tagged.
If additional NICs are required, simply add the NICs to the server profile, this configuration will support
up to 8 NICs without adding additional hardware. If the performance demands of a NIC change, the
speed of a NIC could be adjusted up or down.

Result

VMware ESX Configuration Example
The following graphics show an ESX server with two Flex-10 NICs configured as 6 NICs. NICs speeds
are also configured accordingly and connected to vSwitches, with port groups to present the VLANs
accordingly.
When configuring the vSwitches for ESX, you will notice that 8 NICs actually already exist, however,
NICs 7&8 (vmnic6 & vmnic7) are shown as down, as they were not configured within the VC profile. If
we need an additional NIC, we simply add it within the Profile, set the speed and apply the profile, the
server will need to be powered down to add or remove NICs. However, if the NICs were pre-
provisioned within the profile, VC firmware 2.30 added the ability to dynamically, change network
connections and link speed, without first powering the server off. Once added/connected to a network,
the NICs will be available to be assigned to a vSwitch.
Figure 3-31 Configuring ESX 4 vSwitch.
Scenario 3:2 - Flex-10 with Multi-Enclosure stacking - VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with Multiple Shared Uplink Sets (SUS) - VMware
ESX Vswitch with 6 NICs configured.
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