Configuring the last piece of the puzzle – vNICs

Once the connectivity between northbound uplink switches and southbound IOM is established, we can connect vNICs from blade servers configuring vNICs. It is recommended to create a vNIC template that provides ease of management in the future. A vNIC template can be configured as either of the following:

  • Initiating template: This vNIC template will provide one-time configuration for the vNICs created using this template. Any subsequent changes to the template are not propagated to abstracted vNICs.
  • Updating template: This vNIC template will provide initial configuration for the vNICs created using this template. Any subsequent changes to the template will also be propagated to abstracted vNICs. It ...

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