Adding Ports

Procedure

1. Choose Resources > Access > Service Network.
2. Select a desired account and subnet from the Account and Subnet drop-down lists, respectively.
3. Click More on the right of a desired zone and select Port Pool.

   The Port Pool page is displayed.

4. Add ports.
   • Run the add zone port command on the CLI to add ports using the created VLANs.

     add zone port zone_name=? port_name=? node_storage_frontend_ip=? [ network_type=? ]

     Table 1 Command parameters

     Parameter	Description
     zone_name	Name of a partition.
     port_name	Name of a port.
     node_storage_frontend_ip	For a single storage device, enter the front-end storage IP address. For multiple storage devices, enter the control IP address.
     network_type	Network type of a port.

   • If the automatically created VLANs are used or no VLAN is used, perform the following steps to add ports:
     1. Click Add.

        The Add Port page is displayed.

     2. Select the ports planned for service network communication. You can select a single port or bond ports. To add or modify bond ports, click Manage Service Bond Port on the displayed page.
        

        You are advised to select bond ports.

     3. (Optional) Manage service bond ports.
        1. Click Manage Service Bond Port.

           The Manage Service Bond Port page is displayed.

        2. Create a port.
           1. Click Create.

              The Create Bond Port page is displayed.

           2. Configure the port information. Table 2 describes related parameters.

              Table 2 Port parameters

              Parameter	Description
              Bond Port Name	Name of the bond port.
              Transmission Protocol	Transmission protocol of the bond port. Possible options are TCP and IB.
              Physical Port	Physical port to be bonded.
              Bond Mode	Port bond mode. When the TCP protocol is selected, bond1 and bond4 are supported. When the IB protocol is selected, only bond1 is supported. bond1: active/standby mode. bond4: dynamic link aggregation mode.
              MTU (Bytes)	Maximum transmission unit of the bond port.

           3. Click OK.
        3. Delete a port.

           Click More on the right of a desired port and select Delete.

        4. Click Close.
     4. Click OK.

5. Click Close.