Click the
Network object to manage your
system's NICs. Server Administrator monitors the status of each NIC
present in your system to ensure continuous remote connection. Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator reports FCoE and iSoE capabilities
of the NICs. Also, NIC teaming details are reported if they are already
configured on the system. Two or more physical NICs can be teamed
into a single logical NIC, to which an administrator can assign an
IP address. Teaming can be configured using NIC vendor tools. For
example, Broadcom - BACS. If one of the physical NICs fails, the IP
address remains accessible because it is bound to the logical NIC
rather than to a single physical NIC. If Team Interface is configured,
the detailed team properties are displayed. The relation between physical
NICs and Team Interface and vice-versa is also reported, if these
physical NICs are members of the Team Interface.
On Windows 2008 Hypervisor operating system, Server Administrator
does not report the IP addresses of the physical NIC ports that are
used to assign an IP to a virtual machine.
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NOTE: The order in
which devices are detected is not guaranteed to match the physical
port ordering of the device. Click the hyperlink under Interface Name
to view NIC information.
In case of ESX and ESXi operating systems, the network device is
considered a group. For example, the virtual ethernet interface that
is used by the Service Console (vswif) and virtual network interface
that is used by VMKernel (vmknic) devices on ESX and vmknic device
on ESXi.
The
Network object action window can have the following
tab, depending on the user's group privileges:
Properties.
Properties
Subtab: Information
Under the
Properties tab, you can view information about
the physical NIC interfaces and also the team interfaces installed
on your system.
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NOTE: In the IPv6 Addresses
section, Server Administrator displays only two addresses, in addition
to the link-local address.