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BLADEOS 6.5.2 Application Guide
BMD00220, October 2010 Chapter 12: Virtual NICs 155
vNIC IDs
vNIC IDs on the Switch
BLADEOS 6.5 supports up to four vNICs attached to each server port. Each vNIC is provided its
own independent virtual pipe on the port.
On the switch, each vNIC is identified by its port and vNIC number as follows:
<port number or alias>.<vNIC pipe number (1-4)>
For example:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 represent the vNICs on port 1.
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4 represent the vNICs on port 2, etc.
These vNIC IDs are used when adding vNICs to vNIC groups, and are shown in some configuration
and information displays.
vNIC Interface Names on the Server
When running in virtualization mode, the Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter presents eight vNICs to
the OS or hypervisor (four for each of the two physical NIC ports). Each vNIC is identified in the
OS or hypervisor with a different vNIC function number (0-7). vNIC function numbers correlate to
vNIC IDs on the switch as follows:
In this, the x in the vNIC ID represents the switch port to which the NIC port is connected.
Table 15 vNIC ID Correlation
PCIe
Function ID
NIC
Port
vNIC
Pipe
vNIC
ID
001x.1
202x.2
403x.3
604x.4
111x.1
312x.2
513x.3
714x.4