Shared Ethernet Adapter (IAK_Shared_Ethernet_Adapter)
A Shared Ethernet Adapter is a Virtual I/O Server component that can be used to connect a physical Ethernet network to a virtual Ethernet network. The Shared Ethernet Adapter hosted in the Virtual I/O Server acts as a layer-2 bridge between the internal and external network. With Shared Ethernet Adapters on the Virtual I/O Server, virtual Ethernet adapters on client logical partitions can send and receive outside network traffic.
Shared Ethernet Adapter bridges a physical Ethernet adapter and one or more virtual Ethernet adapters:
- The real adapter can be a physical Ethernet adapter, a Link Aggregation or EtherChannel device, or a Logical Host Ethernet Adapter
- The virtual Ethernet adapter must be a virtual I/O Ethernet adapter
- Logical partitions on the virtual network can share access to the physical network and communicate with stand-alone servers and logical partitions on other systems
SEA eliminates the need for each client logical partition to have a dedicated physical adapter to connect to the external network. It can provide HA behaviour with automatic failover with two Shared Ethernet Adapters and two Virtual I/O Servers.
BMC PATROL for AIX monitors the SEA and its components. SEA is discovered on the Virtual I/O Server of the Managed System. It is supported only by remote monitoring through the Hardware Management Console.
Before configuring SEA, verify that your target computers meet the requirements. See Prerequisites, System-requirements.
SEA is not enabled for default monitoring, and can be enabled in one if the following ways:
- From the Hardware Management Console monitor type configuration (see Configuring Hardware Management Console)
- By using the PATROL Agent configuration variable (see PATROL Agent configuration variables)
Application class attributes
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Active | Yes |
Created by | Discovery |
Parent class | |
Child class | None |
InfoBox Information
For information on how to access an application class InfoBox, refer to Accessing-KM-Commands-and-InfoBoxes.
Item | Definition |
|---|---|
AIX KM Version | Displays the version number of the installed PATROL KM for AIX. |
Attributes (parameters)
The following attributes are available for this monitor type: