Active System Manager Release 8.2 User’s Guide

Under Network Settings, perform the following settings:

1. On the server component page, under Network Settings, click Add New Interface. A new interface section is displayed.

   • NOTE: Add new interface feature is used to create a new interface to match with the interface on the server before deploying a template

2. Enter the following information for the new interface:

   • Fabric Type — Select either any of the following options; Ethernet (NIC/CAN) or Fibre Channel (HBA).

   • Port Layout — Select the NIC type from the drop-down menu.

   • Partitioning — Select the Enable Partitioning Ports (NPAR) option to enable port partitioning.

     • NOTE: This option is not selected by default.

   • Redundancy — Select the Duplicate port settings and configure teaming to enable duplicating port to create redundancy.

     • NOTE: This option is not selected by default.

3. Enter the following information for each port or partition:

   • Networks (vLAN) — Select the available network to use for data transmission.

     If you want to use static IP range, you can select old PXE DHCP network option or you can select Lab OS Installation which is a static network.

     • NOTE: When the OS installation network is set to Static, OS installation is supported only for installing Linux or ESXi on bare-metal systems with Intel NICs.

   • Enter the Minimum and Maximum Bandwidth in percentage.