Consistency checking in logical interconnect configurations

Consistency checking validates a logical interconnect to ensure that it matches the configuration of its parent logical interconnect group. HPE OneView appliance monitors both the logical interconnect and the logical interconnect group, compares the two, and checks the following for consistency:

Resources	Consistency checking
Interconnect settings	Are there differences in the following logical interconnect settings from the expected configuration defined by the logical interconnect group? Dynamic DNS Ethernet switching modes Link Layer Discovery Protocol Enabling Fast MAC cache failover MAC refresh intervals Storm control Loop protection Pause flood protection
IGMP settings	Are there differences in the following IGMP settings from the expected configuration defined by the logical interconnect group? IGMP snooping IGMP idle timeout interval IGMP multicast flood protection IGMP proxy reporting
Uplink sets	Are there differences in port assignments or network associations from the configuration defined by the logical interconnect group? Did you add an uplink set?
Internal networks	Are there differences in the network assignments for server-to-server communication from the configuration defined by the logical interconnect group?
Interconnect maps	Has the logical interconnect group been edited?
Quality of Service (QoS) settings	Have the network service requirements been edited?

If both configurations match, the logical interconnect Consistency state field is set to Consistent and is considered to be compliant.

Any inconsistency results in an alert for the logical interconnect and the Consistency state field is set to Inconsistent with group and the interconnect configuration must be updated.

The Logical Interconnects Group screen provides an option to exclude sections from consistency checking.

You can resolve consistency conflicts either manually or automatically. The Update from group option automatically resolve consistency conflicts. You must manually address inconsistencies when there are issues with the existing logical interconnect configuration or when the Update from group option is unable to update the logical interconnect configuration.

Consistency checking provides these options:

Exact match: Verifies the logical interconnect and the logical interconnect group match exactly.
Sections in the logical interconnect group that are excluded during consistency checking are applied with the Exact match option during automatic conflict remediation. This check is the default consistency check option.
Not checked: Enables configuration settings in the logical interconnect to deviate from the settings in the logical interconnect group. HPE OneView does not flag discrepancies in the consistency report.