Open 

Allocates an internal structure to store information about the resource. 

Close 

Frees the internal structure that is used to store information about the resource. 

Monitor 

Checks the status of each physical interface. Writes the status information to the export information file for IPMultiNICB resources to read it.  

HP-UX and Solaris: Performs a failover. Performs failback if the value of the Failback attribute is 1.