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Changing speed and duplex settings, Requirements, Best practice – HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage User Manual

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Table 12 Network interface status and information (continued)

Description

Column

NICSlot:Port1

bond0—The bonded interface(s) (appears only if
storage system is configured for bonding)

Describes each interface listed. For example, the bond0
is the Logical Failover Device.

Description

Lists the actual operating speed reported by the interface.

Speed/Method

Lists duplex as reported by the interface.

Duplex/Method

Describes the state of the interface. For a detailed
description of individual NIC status when in a bond, see

“Configuring network interface bonds” (page 56)

.

Status

Lists the frame size setting for the interface.

Frame Size

(For Active-Passive bonds) Indicates whether the interface
is set as preferred. The preferred interface is the interface

Preferred

within an Active-Passive bond that is used for data transfer
during normal operation.

Changing speed and duplex settings

The settings for the storage system and the switch must be the same. Available settings are listed
in

Table 13 (page 51)

.

Table 13 Setting storage system speed and duplex settings

Switch setting speed/duplex

Storage system setting speed/duplex

Auto/Auto

Auto/Auto

1000/Full

1000/Full

100/Full

100/Full

100/Half

100/Half

10/Full

10/Full

10/Half

10/Half

NOTE:

The VSA does not support changing the speed and duplex settings.

Requirements

These settings must be configured before creating NIC bonds.

If you change these settings, you must ensure that both sides of the NIC cable are configured
in the same manner. For example, if the storage system is set for Auto/Auto, the switch must
be set the same.

If you edit the speed or duplex on a disabled or failed NIC, the new setting will not be applied
until the NIC is enabled or connectivity is restored.

IMPORTANT:

The network settings must be the same for the switches, clients, and storage systems.

Set up the end-to-end network before creating storage volumes.

Best practice

Change the speed and duplex settings while the storage system is in the Available Systems pool
and not in a management group.

Managing settings on network interfaces

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