[h=1]Reverting a LIF to its home port[/h]
You can revert a LIF to its home port after it fails over or is migrated to a different port either manually or automatically. If the home port of a particular LIF is unavailable, the LIF remains at its current port and is not reverted. [h=2]About this task[/h]
You can revert a LIF to its home port after it fails over or is migrated to a different port either manually or automatically. If the home port of a particular LIF is unavailable, the LIF remains at its current port and is not reverted. [h=2]About this task[/h]
- If you administratively bring the home port of a LIF to the up state before setting the automatic revert option, the LIF is not returned to the home port.
- The node-management LIF does not automatically revert unless the value of the auto revert option is set to true.
- Cluster LIFs always revert to their home ports irrespective of the value of the auto revert option.
- Depending on whether you want to revert a LIF to its home port manually or automatically, perform one of the following steps: [TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 4, cellspacing: 0"]
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If you want to revert a LIF to its home port... Then enter the following command... [/TR]
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[TD]Manually[/TD]
[TD]network interface revert -vserver vserver_name -lif lif_name[/TD]
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[TD]Automatically[/TD]
[TD]network interface modify -vserver vserver_name -lif lif_name -auto-revert true[/TD]
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vserver_name is the name of the Vserver.
lif_name is the LIF name.
