Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 781)

OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager User Manual P009415-01A Rev. A
5. OneCommand NIC Teaming Manager Command Line Interface
Syntax Rules
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Network Connection Names
Windows assigns each adapter, team and VLAN a Network Connection Name. In most
versions of Windows the name defaults to the form of “Local Area Connection N”.
To view the Network Connection Name from the desktop:
1. Select: All Programs>My Network Places.
2. Right-click the adapter and click Properties. The Network Connection Name is
labeled by the operating system in a format similar to Local Area Connection #N.
3. You can rename these network connections with the tools provided by the
operating system. You can also use the Network Connection Name as an alias when
identifying adapters or teams in OCTeamCmd commands. If the name contains
spaces, enclose the entire name in double quotes.
Note: Network Connection Names are not stored by the OCTeamCmd. They are
maintained by Windows.
Syntax Rules
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Key words – Key words determine which command to run, but do not specify
any command parameters. Keywords are shown in plain text.
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Mandatory items – Angle brackets represent mandatory, but variable items. For
example, is a place in a command where you must supply a
filename.
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Optional items – Curly brackets represent optional items. For example,
“octeamcmd help {command name}” shows that the help command can accept
a command name as an optional parameter.
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List of choices – If a command parameter may be one of several items, those
items are separated by a vertical bar “|”. For example, “blue | green | red”
indicates that you may use “blue”, “green” or “red”. When selection from a list
is mandatory, the entire list is enclosed in angle brackets. A list of optional items
would be enclosed in curly brackets.
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Team-id – Where a team name is placed in a command.
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Adapter-id – Where an adapter alias is placed in a command.
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Adapter-list – Where a list of adapter aliases are placed in a command. Aliases
in a list are separated by one or more spaces.
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Network Manager – Also known as the Network Connection Name.
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Hash – Shows where a hashing algorithm is specified in a command. For a list
of supported hashing algorithms, see Table 5-2, Hash Algorithms, on page 799.
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VLAN-id – This number represents the VLAN tag.
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VLAN alias – The name that represents a VLAN that is automatically generated
when a VLAN is created. The name takes the form of “VLAN_n” where n is the
VLAN's VLAN-id.