Click the
Network object to manage your
system's NICs. Server Administrator monitors the status of each NIC
present in your system to ensure continuous remote connection. Server
Administrator reports FCoE and iSoE capabilities of the NICs. Also,
NIC teaming details are reported if they are already configured on
the system. Two or more physical NICs can be teamed into a single
logical NIC, to which an administrator can assign an IP address. Teaming
can be configured using NIC vendor tools. For example, Broadcom -
BACS. If one of the physical NICs fails, the IP address remains accessible
because it is bound to the logical NIC rather than to a single physical
NIC. If Team Interface is configured, the detailed team properties
are displayed. The relation between physical NICs and Team Interface
and vice-versa is also reported, if these physical NICs are members
of the Team Interface.
On Windows 2008 Hypervisor operating system, Server Administrator
does not report the IP addresses of the physical NIC ports that are
used to assign an IP to a virtual machine.
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NOTE: The order in
which devices are detected is not guaranteed to match the physical
port ordering of the device. Click the hyperlink under Interface Name
to view NIC information.
In case of ESX and ESXi operating systems, the network device is
considered a group. For example, the virtual ethernet interface that
is used by the Service Console (vswif) and virtual network interface
that is used by VMKernel (vmknic) devices on ESX and vmknic device
on ESXi.
The
Network object action window can have the following
tab, depending on the user's group privileges:
Properties.
Properties
Subtab: Information
Under the
Properties tab, you can view information about
the physical NIC interfaces and also the team interfaces installed
on your system.
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NOTE: In the IPv6 Addresses
section, Server Administrator displays only two addresses, in addition
to the link-local address.