Verify Communication Setting For New Bond; Viewing The Status Of A Nic Bond; Verifying Interface Used For San/Iq Communication - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

13. (Optional, for Active-Passive bonds only) To change which interface is the preferred interface in
an Active-Passive bond, on the TCP Status tab select one of the NICs in the bond, and click Set
Preferred.

Verify communication setting for new bond

1. Select a storage system, and open the tree below it.
2. Select the TCP/IP Network category, and click the Communication tab.
Figure 41 Verifying interface used for SAN/iQ communication
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3. Verify that the SAN/iQ communication port is correct.

Viewing the status of a NIC bond

You can view the status of the interfaces on the TCP Status tab. Notice that in the Active-Passive bond,
one of the NICs is the preferred NIC. In both the Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode bond and the
Adaptive Load Balancing bond, neither physical interface is preferred.
Figure 42 on page 100 shows the status of interfaces in an Active-Passive bond.
100 shows the status of interfaces in a Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode bond.
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