Table 1-40 Configuration of Promiscuous Mode
Configuration
Packet Receiving
Guest OS
LPAR manager
Screen
Disable
Restricted/Through
Receives only the packets to the target
LPARs (MAC addresses).
Enable
Restricted
Receives only the packets to the target
LPARs (MAC addresses).
Through
Receives all the packets in the same
network segment.
The following is an example of using Promiscuous mode.
Promiscuous mode has to set to "Through" for using on the following
environment.
Table 1-41 Environment for Promiscuous Mode
Environment
When Promiscuous mode is
"Restricted"
Case1:
Bridge function has been installed to the
guest OS.
LPAR cannot transfer any packet.
Case2:
NLB of Windows is used.
NLB does not operate normally.
Case3:
ALB of Windows Server 2008 or Windows
Server 2008 R2 Intel(R) PROSet is used.
ALB does not operate normally.
Case4:
NIC teaming of Windows Server 2012 or
later is used.
Communication becomes impossible after a
failover occurs.
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When the bridge function has been installed to the guest OS.
Promiscuous mode has to set to "Through" against the internal virtual
network switch. Packet transferring at this case is below.
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