Creating network interfaces
You can use Storage Manager to create a network interface or LIF to access data from storage virtual machines (SVMs), to manage SVMs and to provide an interface for intercluster connectivity.
Before you begin
The broadcast domain that is associated with the subnet must have allocated ports.
About this task
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is enabled by default when a LIF is created.
However, DDNS is disabled if you configure the LIF for intercluster communication using iSCSI, NVMe, or FC/FCoE protocols, or for management access only.
You can specify an IP address by using a subnet or by not using a subnet.
You cannot use Storage Manager to create a network interface if the ports are degraded.
You must use the command-line interface (CLI) to create a network interface in such cases.
To create NVMeoF data LIF the SVM must already be set up, the NVMe service must already exist on the SVM and the NVMeoF capable adapters should be available.
NVMe protocol is enabled only if the selected SVM has the NVMe service configured.
- In the Network Interface card, click the plus icon
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