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Oracle® Fabric OS 1.0.2 Administration Guide

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Updated: November 2016
 
 

Configuring Ethernet Connectivity

The leaf switch and the virtualization switch provide high-speed GbE connectivity to connect cloud servers to a data center’s LAN. These terms describe Ethernet connectivity:

  • Default Ethernet gateway – Enables IP communication with hosts on different IP subnets. A default gateway enables centralized IP address administration from the fabric. A default gateway is configured as part of the OS installation, so you do not need to add or configure a default gateway.

  • Public network – Enables access to other networks or an external Ethernet network.

  • Server profile – Assigns connections and I/O configuration properties to a physical server.

  • VNIC – Virtualizes Ethernet connectivity. A vNIC is a virtual NIC that appears to the OS as a physical NIC and enables a server to have an Ethernet network attachment without having a physical NIC present.

  • LAGs – Combines multiple physical gateway ports into one logical port group to increase bandwidth and provide HA.

  • PVI – Provides 100-GbE connections within the fabric.


Tip  -  The term GUI refers to the Oracle Fabric Manager GUI, while CLI refers to the Oracle Fabric OS CLI. Some procedures are performed in the GUI, some procedures are performed in the CLI, and some procedures use both.

These topics explain how to work with public networks, PVIs, and server profiles.

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