Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration Version 3.3 for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager User's Guide

Configuring adapters

1. Select the adapter on the Network Adapter Configuration screen and click Configure.
   The Adapter Configuration dialog box is displayed.
2. Select one of the following options:
   • Configure adapter settings — to configure the settings.
   • Copy settings from adapter — to copy the configuration settings from an adapter that is already configured.
3. Click Configure.
   The Configure Adapter dialog box is displayed.
4. Select the port that you want to configure and click Configure.
5. Select one of the following options:
   • Configure port settings — to configure the port settings. Proceed to the next step if you want to configure the port settings manually.
   • Copy settings from port — to copy the port settings from a port that is already configured. Proceed to step 7 if you are copying the port settings.
6. You need to choose the personalities for each partition on the port, enter bandwidth and configure settings for each personality. One port can have up to four partitions with one personality assigned to each partition.
   Under Personalities and Settings, select the personality against each partition and set the minimum and maximum bandwidth. You can select from one of the following options:

   • NIC
   • iSCSI
   • FCoE

   NOTE You can select the personalities only for CNAs and not for NICs.
7. Click Port Settings to configure the NIC and iSCSI parameters. For more information, see Configuring NIC and iSCSI Parameters.
8. Click OK to save the configurations.