5.4. VNIC Profiles and QoS
- 5.4.1. VNIC Profile Overview
- 5.4.2. Creating a VNIC Profile
- 5.4.3. Explanation of Settings in the VM Interface Profile Window
- 5.4.4. Removing a VNIC Profile
- 5.4.5. User Permissions for VNIC Profiles
- 5.4.6. QoS Overview
- 5.4.7. Adding QoS
- 5.4.8. Settings in the New Network QoS and Edit Network QoS Windows Explained
- 5.4.9. Removing QoS
5.4.1. VNIC Profile Overview
A Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC) profile is a collection of settings that can be applied to individual virtual network interface cards in the Manager. VNIC profiles allow you to apply Network QoS profiles to a VNIC, enable or disable port mirroring, and add or remove custom properties. VNIC profiles offer an added layer of administrative flexibility in that permission to use (consume) these profiles can be granted to specific users. In this way, you can control the quality of service that different users receive from a given network.
Note
Starting with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.3, virtual machines now access logical networks only through VNIC profiles and cannot access a logical network if no VNIC profiles exist for that logical network. When you create a new logical network in the Manager, a VNIC profile of the same name as the logical network is automatically created under that logical network.