Create Shared Ethernet Adapter

Use this page to create a new shared Ethernet adapter on the selected VLAN. You can also configure failover for a shared Ethernet adapter.

VLAN

Displays the VLAN selected on the Virtual Network Management page. The shared Ethernet adapter is created on this virtual local area network.

VIOS

Contains the Virtual I/O Server partitions currently running on the system that have virtual Ethernet adapters on the selected VLAN. Select the Virtual I/O Server on which to configure the shared Ethernet adapter.

Physical adapter

Contains all of the physical adapters, link aggregations, and Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA) ports on the Virtual I/O Server that are available for a shared Ethernet adapter.

Select the physical device on which to configure the shared Ethernet adapter associated with the VLAN on your managed system.

Configure virtual network failover

Select to enable a failover for this shared Ethernet adapter.

Failover VIOS

Contains the additional Virtual I/O Server partitions that currently have virtual Ethernet adapters on the same VSwitch and VLAN.

Select the Virtual I/O Server to use for the failover shared Ethernet adapter.

Failover physical adapter

Contains all of the physical adapters, link aggregations, and Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA) ports on the Virtual I/O Server that are available for shared Ethernet failover.

Select the physical device to use for shared Ethernet failover.