Vnic Configuration Example - Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 Application Manual

vNIC Configuration Example

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Consider the following example configuration of vNICs for regular Ethernet
traffic:
Figure 31. Multiple vNIC Groups
Lenovo Switch 1
EXT1
VNIC Group 1
VLAN 1000
EXT2
EXT3
EXT4
EXT5
Figure 31 has the following vNIC network characteristics:
 vNIC group 1 has an outer tag for VLAN 1000. The group is comprised of vNIC
pipes INTA1.1 and INTA2.1, internal port INTA4 (a non‐vNIC port), and
external uplink port EXT1.
 vNIC group 2 has an outer tag for VLAN 1774. The group is comprised of vNIC
pipes INTA1.2, INTA2.2 and INTA3.2, internal port INTA5 and an external
uplink LAG of ports EXT3 and EXT4.
 vNIC failover is enabled for both vNIC groups.
 vNIC bandwidth on port INTA1 is set to 60% for vNIC 1 and 40% for vNIC 2.
 Other enabled vNICs (INTA2.1, INTA2.2, and INTA3.2) are permitted the
default bandwidth of 25% (2.5Gbsp) on their respective ports.
 All remaining vNICs are disabled (by default) and are automatically allocated 0
bandwidth.
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