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CHAPTER 21
Configuring Network-Related Policies
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Configuring vNIC Templates, page 307
• Configuring Ethernet Adapter Policies, page 312
• Configuring Network Control Policies, page 317
Configuring vNIC Templates
vNIC Template
This policy defines how a vNIC on a server connects to the LAN. This policy is also referred to as a vNIC
LAN connectivity policy.
Beginning in Cisco UCS, Release 2.0(2), Cisco UCS Manager does not automatically create a VM-FEX port
profile with the correct settings when you create a vNIC template. If you want to create a VM-FEX port
profile, you must configure the target of the vNIC template as a VM.
You need to include this policy in a service profile for it to take effect.
If your server has two Emulex or QLogic NICs (Cisco UCS CNA M71KR-E or Cisco UCS CNA
M71KR-Q), you must configure vNIC policies for both adapters in your service profile to get a user-defined
MAC address for both NICs. If you do not configure policies for both NICs, Windows still detects both
of them in the PCI bus. Then because the second eth is not part of your service profile, Windows assigns
it a hardware MAC address. If you then move the service profile to a different server, Windows sees
additional NICs because one NIC did not have a user-defined MAC address.
Note
Creating a vNIC Template
Before You Begin
This policy requires that one or more of the following resources already exist in the system:
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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