Second-level vifs

If you have more than one multimode vif, you can use the vif create command to group them by creating a second layer of vif called the second-level vif. Second-level vifs enable you to provide a standby multimode vif in case the primary multimode vif fails. You can use second-level vifs on a single storage system or in an active-active configuration.

• Creating a second-level vif on a single storage system
  The following procedure assumes that you want to create a second-level vif called vif_name on a single storage system with two multimode vifs, called vif_name1 and vif_name2. The vif_name1 vif is composed of two physical interfaces, if1 and if2. And vif_name2 is composed of two physical interfaces, if3 and if4.