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Chapter 2 Installing the System
NIC Modes and NIC Redundancy Settings
The NIC modes and NIC redundancy refer to the ports on the SIOCs. They do not refer to the 1-Gb LOM
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port on an S3260 M5 server node.
NIC Modes
You can choose from the following NIC mode settings:
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NIC Redundancy
You can choose from the following NIC redundancy settings:
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Cisco Card (default)—The QSFP ports on the active SIOC are used to access Cisco IMC. You must
select a NIC redundancy setting.
Dedicated—The dedicated RJ-45 management port of either SIOC is used to access the Cisco IMC.
The only NIC redundancy setting for this NIC mode is None.
Active-active (default)—All QSFP ports are utilized simultaneously. This setting can be used only
with the Cisco Card NIC mode.
Active-standby—If an active QSFP port fails, traffic fails over to a standby port. This setting can be
used only with the Cisco Card NIC mode.
None—The ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem. This setting can
be used only with the Dedicated NIC mode.
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