Logical interconnect groups resource associations

The logical interconnect group is a template that defines the physical and logical configuration of the interconnects that are configured together to form a logical interconnect. This configuration includes the following:

• The interconnect types, interconnect configurations, and interconnect downlink capabilities

• The interconnect ports used for stacking links

• The uplink sets, which map uplink ports to Ethernet or Fibre Channel networks

• The available networks based on the uplink sets and internal networks

In the resource model:

• A logical interconnect group or groups is associated with an enclosure group instead of an individual enclosure.

• You can create a logical interconnect group either automatically during an enclosure add operation, or independently of enclosure add operations.

  If you add an enclosure without specifying an existing enclosure group, HPE OneView creates both an enclosure group and a single logical interconnect group based on the physical interconnects in that enclosure. You can then edit that enclosure group and that logical interconnect group.

  If you want multiple logical interconnect groups per enclosure, create the logical interconnect groups before you add the enclosure, or edit the logical interconnect groups to remove interconnects from one logical interconnect group and add them to another.

• The uplink sets defined by the logical interconnect group establish the initial configuration for uplink sets for each logical interconnect in the enclosure group. If you change uplink sets for an existing logical interconnect group:

  • Only enclosures that you add after the configuration change are configured with the new uplink set configuration.

  • Existing logical interconnects are reported as not being consistent with the logical interconnect group. You can then request that those existing logical interconnects be updated with the new configuration.

After a logical interconnect has been created and associated with a logical interconnect group, it continues to be associated with that group and reports if its configuration differs from the group. You can then change the configuration of the logical interconnect to match the group.

Relationship to other resources

A logical interconnect group resource is associated with the following resources in the resource summary diagram:

• Zero or more Logical interconnects

• Zero or more Enclosure Groups

The uplink sets defined by a logical interconnect group specify the initial configuration of the Uplink sets of each logical interconnect in the group.

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