Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User Manual page 32

Dedicated NIC brings high performance for communication without influences
from other LPARs.
Shared NIC
Network segments for shared NICs can be assigned when the NIC scheduling
mode is set to shared mode.
NIC assigned the network segments is called "Shared NIC".
Network segments can be set on Virtual NIC Assignment Screen.
The maximum number of physical LAN controllers which can be assigned to
LPAR manager is 8 and the maximum number of physical ports which can be
assigned to LPAR manager is 16.
The following tables show a combination of logical port numbers, a detection
number of LAN controller and network segments for each hardware
configuration as examples.
Network segment 1a and 1b below are set as management paths.
Table 1-6 Example for CB 520H A1/B1/B2/B3 when Onboard LAN Card is
Physical NIC
Onboard
LAN(Emulex
10Gb 2ports)
Notes:
1 The physical port number which exists on the system.
.
2 The logical port number which displays on the LPAR manager screen.
.
Table 1-7 Example for CB 540A A1/B1 when Onboard LAN Card is installed
Physical NIC
Onboard
LAN1(Emulex
10Gb 2ports)
Onboard
LAN2(Emulex
10Gb 2ports)
Notes:
1 The physical port number which exists on the system.
.
2 The logical port number which displays on the LPAR manager screen.
.
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Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series Logical partitioning manager User's Guide
installed (Emulex 10Gb 2ports)
Physical Port Logical Port
1
No. No.
0
1
(Emulex 10Gb 2ports)
Physical Port Logical Port
1
No. No.
0
1
0
1
LPAR manager Functions
Detection No.
of LAN
2
controller
0 1
1
Detection No.
of LAN
2
controller
0 1
1
0 2
1
Network
segment
1a
1b
Network
segment
1a
1b
2a
2b