create link
Emulates a cable connection for traffic between two entities.
Syntax
create link
first-entity
second-entity
create link
chassis-name
slot
/
port
second-entity
create link
workstation-name
slot
/
port
second-entity
create link
tunnel-name
slot
/
port
second-entity
create link
-bridge
bridge-name
second-entity
create link
-interface
interface-name
second-entity
create link
-probe
probe-name
second-entity
Command Default
No links exist.
Parameters
- first-entity
- Specifies the first device port, host-name, bridge, probe, or tunnel.
- second-entity
- Specifies the second device port, host-name, bridge, probe, or tunnel.
- chassis-name
- Specifies the SLX device for linking.
- slot
- Specifies a valid
slot number. Must be 0 if the device does not contain slots.
- port
- Specifies a valid
port number.
- workstation-name
- Specifies a workstation for linking.
- slot
- Specifies a valid slot number. Must be 0 if the device does not contain slots.
- port
- Specifies a valid port number.
- tunnel-name
- Specifies a tunnel interface for linking.
- slot
- Specifies a valid slot number. Values range from 0 through 15.
- port
- Specifies a valid port number. Values range from 1 through 4095.
- -bridge
bridge-name
- Specifies a bridge for linking. You can abbreviate
-bridge with
-b.
- -interface
interface-name
- Specifies a physical interface on the x86 server on which vSLX is running. You can abbreviate
-interface with
-i.
- -probe
probe-name
- Specifies a probe for linking. You can abbreviate
-probe with
-p.
Modes
vShell prompt
(vsh)
Usage Guidelines
To log into vShell and run this command, enter the
user@ubuntu:~$ vsh create link command.
You can use the
create link -interface
interface-name option to connect a port on the x86 server to the virtual network you created. You can use this option to feed traffic-generator input into the virtual network.
In general, you link an entity from one server to an entity on another server through tunnel devices that are connected between the servers. (Tunnels are implemented in pairs between the two servers.)
To delete a link, use the
delete link command.
Examples
The following example shows how to connect two
ports on two virtual devices.
(vsh) create link ch_9540_01 0/1 ch_9540_02 1/1
(vsh) create link ch_9540_01 0/3 ch_9540_02 5/1
The following example creates a link connecting port 1/1 on router RT1 to port 1/1 on router RT2 and a link connecting port 1/2 on router RT2 to an x86 server port with hostname "eth1".
(vsh) create link RT1 1/1 RT2 1/1
(vsh) create link RT2 1/2 -interface eth1 1
