Once the connectivity between northbound uplink switches and southbound IOMs is established, we can connect vNICs from blade servers configuring vNICs. It is recommended to create a vNIC template that provides ease of management in the future. A vNIC template can be configured as either of the following:
- Initiating template: This vNIC template will provide one-time configuration for the vNICs created using this template. Any subsequent changes to the template are not propagated to abstracted vNICs.
- Updating template: This vNIC template will provide initial configuration for the vNICs created using this template. Any subsequent changes to the template will also be propagated to abstracted vNICs. It is recommended to create an updating vNIC template for production environments.
While updating a template, some changes to the vNIC template setting may trigger an immediate reboot of the associated server depending on the Maintenance Policies setting in the Servers tab. It is recommended to make Maintenance Policies as User Acknowledge in order to avoid an immediate reboot of the associated servers.