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Step 1
(Optional) If you plan to assign service profiles created from this template 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 template 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 template.
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 template.
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 template.
If you do not want use any of the existing policies, but instead want to create
a policy that all service profiles and templates 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 service profiles created from this template:
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 and
templates, 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 the Cisco UCS Manager VM-FEX configuration guides.
c) Click OK.
d) From the Dynamic vNIC Connection drop-down list, choose the policy you created.
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