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vNIC Teaming Failover
For
NIC
failover
in
a
non
‐
virtualized
environment,
when
a
service
group’s
external
uplink
ports
fail
or
are
disconnected,
the
switch
disables
the
affected
group’s
internal
ports,
causing
the
server
to
failover
to
the
backup
NIC
and
switch.
However,
in
a
virtualized
environment,
disabling
the
affected
internal
ports
would
disrupt
all
vNIC
pipes
on
those
ports,
not
just
those
that
have
lost
their
external
uplinks
(see
Figure 29.
Regular
Failover
in
a
Virtualized
Environment
To
avoid
disrupting
vNICs
that
have
not
lost
their
external
uplinks,
ENOS
8.4
and
the
Emulex
Virtual
Fabric
Adapter
for
Lenovo
Flex
System
provide
vNIC
‐
aware
failover.
In
the
dedicated
mode,
when
a
vNIC
group’s
external
uplink
ports
fail,
the
switch
cooperates
with
the
affected
NIC
to
prompt
failover
only
on
the
appropriate
vNICs.
This
allows
the
vNICs
that
are
not
affected
by
the
failure
to
continue
without
disruption
(see
Hypervisor
NIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
vSwitch
VM 3
VM 4
Hypervisor
NIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
VNIC
vSwitch
VM 1
VM 2
Lenovo
Servers
EXT1
EXT2
INTA1
INTA2
VNIC
Group 1
VNIC
Group 2
X
Primary
Lenovo Switch
To Backup
Switch
Virtual
Pipes
EXT1 link failure automatically
disables associated internal ports,
prompting failover on all VMs
X
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