LAN Connectivity Policy

A LAN Connectivity Policy groups one or more vNICs and wires them to their associated Ethernet policies (adapter, QoS, network or network group) and MAC pools. It defines the complete Ethernet configuration for a server, including fabric placement, slot and PCI link assignment, and optional link failover. The policy is applied to servers via a Server Profile Template.

Location in Intersight GUI: Policies » LAN Connectivity

Diagram

Classes

compute

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
intersight	Class	intersight	No

intersight (compute)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
organizations	List	organizations	No

organizations (compute.intersight)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
policies	Class	policies	No

policies (compute.intersight.organizations)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
lan_connectivity	List	lan_connectivity	No

lan_connectivity (compute.intersight.organizations.policies)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
description	String		No
managed	Boolean	true, false	No	true
tags	List	tags	No
target_platform	Choice	FIAttached, Standalone, UnifiedEdgeServer	No	FIAttached
vnic_placement_mode	Choice	auto, custom	No	custom
iqn_allocation_type	Choice	None, Static, Pool	No	None
vnics	List	vnics	No

tags (compute.intersight.organizations.policies.lan_connectivity)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
key	String		Yes
value	String		Yes

vnics (compute.intersight.organizations.policies.lan_connectivity)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String	Regex: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_.:-]{1,64}$	Yes
order	Integer	min: 0, max: 255	No	0
fabric	Choice	A, B, None	No	A
slot	String		No
pci_link	Integer	min: 0, max: 1	No
failover	Boolean	true, false	No	false
mac_pool	String		No
ethernet_adapter_policy	String		No
ethernet_network_control_policy	String		No
ethernet_network_policy	String		No
ethernet_network_group_policy	String		No
ethernet_qos_policy	String		No

Examples

Example-1: The example below demonstrates an FI-attached LAN connectivity policy with two vNICs placed on separate fabric paths for high availability, using automatic slot assignment (the default).

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          lan_connectivity:
            - name: web-lan
              description: LAN connectivity for web servers
              target_platform: FIAttached
              vnics:
                - name: eth0
                  order: 0
                  fabric: A
                  mac_pool: web-mac-a
                  ethernet_adapter_policy: web-eth-adapter
                  ethernet_network_group_policy: web-vlan-group
                  ethernet_qos_policy: web-qos

                - name: eth1
                  order: 1
                  fabric: B
                  mac_pool: web-mac-b
                  ethernet_adapter_policy: web-eth-adapter
                  ethernet_network_group_policy: web-vlan-group
                  ethernet_qos_policy: web-qos
              tags:
                - key: env
                  value: prod

Example-2: The example below demonstrates explicit slot and PCI link assignment for deployments where vNIC placement must be pinned to a specific adapter slot.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          lan_connectivity:
            - name: web-lan-pinned
              description: LAN connectivity with explicit MLOM slot placement
              target_platform: FIAttached
              vnics:
                - name: eth0
                  order: 0
                  fabric: A
                  slot: MLOM
                  pci_link: 0
                  mac_pool: web-mac-a
                  ethernet_adapter_policy: web-eth-adapter
                  ethernet_network_group_policy: web-vlan-group
                  ethernet_qos_policy: web-qos

Example-3: The example below demonstrates a Standalone LAN connectivity policy using an Ethernet Network Policy for VLAN assignment.

compute:
  intersight:
    organizations:
      - name: MyOrganization
        policies:
          lan_connectivity:
            - name: standalone-lan
              description: LAN connectivity for standalone servers
              target_platform: Standalone
              vnics:
                - name: eth0
                  order: 0
                  fabric: None
                  mac_pool: standalone-mac
                  ethernet_adapter_policy: standalone-adapter
                  ethernet_network_policy: access-vlan100
                  ethernet_qos_policy: best-effort