NIC Mode and NIC Redundancy Settings
Table 1: Valid NIC Redundancy Settings For Each NIC Mode
Valid NIC Redundancy SettingsNIC Mode
Active-activeShared LOM
EXT
NoneDedicated
Active-active
Active-standby
Shared LOM
Active-active
Active-standby
Cisco Card
This server has the following NIC mode settings that you can choose from:
• Shared LOM EXT (default)—This is the shared LOM extended mode, the factory-default setting. With
this mode, the Shared LOM and Cisco Card interfaces are both enabled. You must select the default
Active-Active NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
In this NIC mode, DHCP replies are returned to both the shared LOM ports and the Cisco card ports. If
the system determines that the Cisco card connection is not getting its IP address from a Cisco UCS
Manager system because the server is in standalone mode, further DHCP requests from the Cisco card
are disabled. Use the Cisco Card NIC mode if you want to connect to Cisco IMC through a Cisco card
in standalone mode.
• Shared LOM—The 1-Gb/10-Gb Ethernet ports are used to access Cisco IMC. You must select either the
Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
• Dedicated—The dedicated management port is used to access Cisco IMC. You must select the None
NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
• Cisco Card—The ports on an installed Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) are used to access the
Cisco IMC. You must select either the Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the
following step.
See also the required VIC Slot setting below.
• VIC Slot—Only if you use the Cisco Card NIC mode, you must select this setting to match where your
VIC is installed. The choices are Riser1, Riser2, or Flex-LOM (the mLOM slot).
• If you select Riser1, you must install the VIC in slot 1.
• If you select Riser2, you must install the VIC in slot 2.
• If you select Flex-LOM, you must install an mLOM-style VIC in the mLOM slot.
This server has the following NIC redundancy settings that you can choose from:
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