Procedure
Step 1
(Optional) If you plan to assign this service profile to a server with an adapter that supports dynamic vNICs,
choose one of the following options from the Dynamic vNIC Connection drop-down list:
DescriptionOption
Enables you to create a service profile without a dynamic vNIC connection
policy for a server with an adapter that does not support dynamic vNICs.
This option does not include a dynamic vNIC connection policy in the service
profile.
If you are configuring this service profile/template for iSCSI boot, choose
this option.
Continue with Step 4.
Select a Policy to use
Enables you to create a dynamic vNIC connection policy that can only be
accessed by this service profile.
Continue with Step 2.
Create a Specific Dynamic
vNIC Connection Policy
Select an existing dynamic vNIC connection policy from the list at the
bottom of the drop-down list. Cisco UCS Manager assigns this policy to the
service profile.
If you do not want use any of the existing policies, but instead want to create
a policy that all service profiles can access, continue with Step 3. Otherwise,
continue with Step 4.
Dynamic vNIC Connection
Policies Policy_Name
Step 2
(Optional) If you clicked Create a Specific Dynamic vNIC Connection Policy, do the following to create
a new dynamic vNIC connection policy that can only be used by this service profile:
a) Complete the following fields:
DescriptionName
The number of dynamic vNICs that this policy affects.Number of Dynamic vNICs field
The adapter profile associated with this policy. The profile must
already exist to be included in the drop-down list.
Adapter Policy drop-down list
b) Continue with Step 4.
Step 3
(Optional) To create a dynamic vNIC connection policy that will be available to all service profiles, do the
following:
a) Click Create Dynamic vNIC Connection Policy.
b) In the Create Dynamic vNIC Connect Policy dialog box, complete the fields.
For more information, see Creating a Dynamic vNIC Connection Policy.
c) Click OK.
d) From the Dynamic vNIC Connection drop-down list, choose the policy you created.
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