Last Updated on August 3, 2021 by Admin 2
You are configuring a service profile for a Cisco UCS server that contains two physical HBAs and no NICs.
How many vNICs can be configured for this server?
- four
- eight
- six
- none
- two
No virtual network interface cards (vNICs) can be configured for a Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) server that contains two physical host bus adapters (HBAs) and no network interface cards (NICs). Cisco UCS server can be configured with the number of vNICs that corresponds to available physical NICs on the server. Similarly, a Cisco UCS can be configured with the number of virtual HBAs (vHBAs) that corresponds to available physical HBAs on the physical adapters that are installed in the device. In this scenario, it is possible to configure the server with two VHBAs.
It is not possible to configure two vNICs for the Cisco UCS server in this scenario. In order to configure two NICs, the server would need to be configured with one or more adapters that each contains one or more physical NICs. For example, a Cisco converged network adapter typically contains two physical ports. Therefore, a Cisco UCS server that is configured with a single converged network adapter could be configured with two NICs. A converged network adapter is a single unit that combines a physical HBA and a physical Ethernet NIC. A Cisco converged network adapter typically contains two of these types of ports.
It is not possible to configure four vNICs for the Cisco UCS server in this scenario. To configure four vNICs, the UCS server would need to be configured with adapters that contain up to four physical NICs.
It is not possible to configure eight VNICs for the Cisco UCS server in this scenario. To configure eight vNICs, the UCS server would need to be configured with adapters that contain up to eight physical NICs.