In a deployment scenario of MX9116n FSE and MX7116n FEM, a 100 GbE dual port NIC can be deployed for a 25 GbE speed solution. The first step is to access the sled. Press F2 and then and select the first port on the NIC, as shown in the following figure.
Change Operational Link Speed to 25 Gbps as shown above.
Repeat for the second NIC port.
Once the setting has been completed and saved, reboot the system and verify the NIC speed in the compute sled iDRAC, then select System and click Network Devices as shown in figure below. The MX9116n port 1/1/3 is connected to NIC port 1 and the MX7116n internal port 1/71/2 is connected to NIC port 2.
Log in to the OME-M GUI and perform the following steps:
- Go to Devices.
- Click I/O Module and then select Hardware.
- Click Port Information as shown in the following figure. This also shows the port Breakout and speed of an interface.
After implementing the previous steps, the user is now ready to use the 100 GbE Dual port NIC on an MX 25 GbE Solution.