'hpvmnet' output slightly different on a HP VM Host Server.

[Kennedy G. Doss]

Hello HPUX Gurus:

We have several HP VM Servers in our environment. When I run "hpvmnet" command the output has always been as shown below for HP VM Servers #1 and #2. (Only the active iVMs are displayed in the output).

However, on one of the HP VM Server (Marked as Server #3 below), I get an additional line in the output called "Available" . I have marked it in red. Should I be concerned about this one? Why is this output different? Any input from your end would be very much appreciated.

HP VM Server # 1 (Output as expected)
# hpvmnet -S vswitch1
Name                  Number State   Mode      NamePPA MAC Address    IPv4 Address
===================== ====== ======= ========= ======= ============== ===============
vswitch1                   3 Up      Shared    lan901  0x00215a9b03f0

[Port Configuration Details]
Port    Port         Port     Untagged Number of    Active VM    Tagged
Number  State        Adaptor  VLANID   Reserved VMs              VLANIDs
======= ============ ======== ======== ============ ============ =============
1       Active       avio_lan 402      1            ivm2222852a  none

HP VM Server # 2 (Output as expected)
# hpvmnet -S vswitch1
Name                  Number State   Mode      NamePPA MAC Address    IPv4 Address
===================== ====== ======= ========= ======= ============== ===============
vswitch1                   3 Up      Shared    lan901  0x00215a9b03e0

[Port Configuration Details]
Port    Port         Port     Untagged Number of    Active VM    Tagged
Number  State        Adaptor  VLANID   Reserved VMs              VLANIDs
======= ============ ======== ======== ============ ============ =============
1       Active       avio_lan 402      1            ivm1111842x  none

HP VM Server # 3   (Why is line #2 is displayed as available?)
# hpvmnet -S vswitch0
Name                  Number State   Mode      NamePPA MAC Address    IPv4 Address
===================== ====== ======= ========= ======= ============== ===============
vswitch0                   2 Up      Shared    lan900  0x00215a9b03c8

[Port Configuration Details]
Port    Port         Port     Untagged Number of    Active VM    Tagged
Number  State        Adaptor  VLANID   Reserved VMs              VLANIDs
======= ============ ======== ======== ============ ============ =============
1       Active       avio_lan 303      1            ivm3333083c  none
2       Available    unknown  305      0                         none

[Stan_M · Accepted solution]

There is nothing wrong with that output. All it tells you is that port number 2 on vswitch0 is configured with VLAN id 305 but there is no guest currently using that port.

Either you removed the guest that was using that port/vlan or you configured the vlan id n that port with somehting like:

# hpvmnet -S vswitch0 -u portid:2:vlanid:305

If you do not want that anymore, just remove the vlan tag to port assignment:

# hpvmnet -S vswitch0 -u portid:2:vlanid:none

HTH

Stan

[Kennedy G. Doss]

Stan:

Thanks for taking the time and confirming. I went ahead and removed the unwanted association with the syntax you had mentioned - it worked like a charm.

Thanks again.

-Kennedy