QLogic OFED+ Host Software User Guide, Rev. B

C–VirtualNIC Interface Configuration and Administration
VirtualNIC Interface Configuration and Administration
VirtualNIC Failover Definition
The VirtualNIC configuration file allows the user to define virtual NIC failover as:
1. Failover to a different adapter port on the same adapter.
2. Failover to a port on a different adapter.
3. Failover to a different Ethernet port on the same Ethernet gateway.
4. Failover to a port on a different Ethernet gateway.
5. A combination of scenarios 1 or 2 and 3 or 4.
Failover to a different Adapter port on the same Adapter
In this example, if adapter Port 1 fails (i.e., the InfiniBand connection between the
adapter and the InfiniBand switch is lost) then traffic going over eioc1 will begin
using adapter port 2. In this example the same Ethernet gateway port is being
used for both the primary and the secondary connection.
{CREATE; NAME="eioc1";
PRIMARY={ DGID=fe8000000000000000066a11de00003c;
IOCGUID=00066a01de00003c; INSTANCE=0; PORT=1; }
SECONDARY={ DGID=fe8000000000000000066a11de00003c;
IOCGUID=00066a01de00003c; INSTANCE=1; PORT=2; }
}
Failover to a different Ethernet port on the same
Ethernet gateway
In this example, if the Ethernet port associated with iocguid 0x66a01de00003c
(i.e., Ethernet port 1 on gateway 03c) fails, then traffic going over eioc1 will begin
using Ethernet port 2 on the same Ethernet gateway.
NOTE:
In this example the same adapter port is being used for both the primary and
the secondary connection.
{CREATE; NAME="eioc1";
PRIMARY={ DGID=fe8000000000000000066a11de00003c;
IOCGUID=00066a01de00003c; INSTANCE=0; PORT=1; }
SECONDARY={ DGID=fe8000000000000000066a21de00003c;
IOCGUID=00066a02de00003c; INSTANCE=0; PORT=1; }
}
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