Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 774)

OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager User Manual P009415-01A Rev. A
3. Using the OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager
Configuring a VLAN
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If you use static IP addresses (non-DHCP), you must assign IP addresses to any
native VLANs and VLANs that you create.
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VLANs that have been disabled in either Network Connections or device
Manager cannot be managed by the OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN
Manager and may not be visible to the OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN
Manager. Make sure that any affected VLANs are enabled before making any
NIC Teaming configuration changes.
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When the first VLAN is added to a team, you have the option to keep the team’s
Native VLAN or remove it. The Native VLAN can be added later, if desired. If
the Native VLAN is added again, adding additional VLANs will not affect its
state.
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When VLANs are created, they are bound to IPv4 and IPv6. It is preferable to
have IP addresses assigned automatically using DHCP. If the VLANs are to
have statically assigned IP addresses, it is preferable to assign IP addresses to
each VLAN as it is created. Without DHCP support, creating a large number of
VLANs and then manually assigning IP addresses to them can lead to high CPU
utilization and occasional instability while Windows tries to resolve the IP
addresses.
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When VLANs are created over an adapter, the adapter is bound to the Emulex
driver and the VLANs are bound to IPv4/IPv6. Changing these bindings will
cause the VLANs to become non-functional.
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The maximum VLAN count is 48 per team and 48 per system. These limits
apply to VLANs that are created by the NIC teaming driver and do not apply to
VLANs created by Microsoft Virtual Network Manager in Hyper-v
configurations.
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VLANs created over teams containing non-Emulex team members are not
supported by Emulex. However this configuration may work if the non-Emulex
team members are well-known to your system.
Configuring a VLAN for a Team
To configure a VLAN for a team:
1. From the Start menu, click All Programs>Emulex>OneCommand Teaming and
VLAN Manager to start the application. The General tab is displayed.
2. In the discovery-tree, open up the list of teams. Select the team you want to modify.