Perform the following steps to configure the networking settings:

1. On the Networking page, configure the networking settings. You may select or create a new dynamic vNIC connection policy. There are multiple options available for the network configuration:
   • Simple: The Simple option will create two vNICs. Existing VLAN IDs can be assigned to the vNICs or VLAN IDs can be created using the + sign.
   • Expert: The Expert mode can be used to create any number (depending upon the mezzanine card model) of vNICs and iSCSI adapters. vNICs can be configured manually or vNIC templates can also be created.
   • No vNICs: No vNICs will be created. vNICs can be added to a service profile later.
   • Hardware Inherited: This option creates two vNICs using the burned-in identities. This is the same as creating vNICs in a basic service profile creation.
   • Use Connectivity Policy: Use this option to select a LAN connectivity policy.

2. We will utilize the Expert mode in our example configuration. Click on Expert from the LAN connectivity. This option will change the page options as shown in the following screenshot:

3. Click on the + sign to add a new vNIC.
4. On the pop-up page, you may either manually create the vNIC by assigning a MAC address pool, fabric ID, VLAN membership, and various policies such as the QoS and adapter policy, or use an existing vNIC template if a vNIC template already exists. If a vNIC template does not exist, you can quickly create a new vNIC template by clicking on the + sign on the same page.

5. In this example, we will use an existing vNIC template, refer to Chapter 5, Configuring LAN Connectivity, that discusses the procedure to create vNIC template. Click on the checkbox Use vNIC Template:

6. Clicking on the checkbox will change the screen. On the next screen, assign a Name to vNIC, select an existing vNIC template to abstract vNIC configuration, or create a new vNIC template by clicking on the + sign. You can also assign an existing Adapter Policy for traffic optimization or create a new adapter policy, as shown in the following screenshot:

7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 in order to create as many vNICs as you require: