Connection Types

The VM and Docker virtual ports map to a physical Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port using the following connection types:

Note

Note

You must enable trunking on the Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port when you use SR-IOV and OVS connection types. For more information about enabling trunking, see MultiLink Trunking and Split MultiLink Trunking.

You can configure Extreme Integrated Application Hosting ports 1/s1 and 1/s2 to accommodate different connect types. Extreme Integrated Application Hosting ports 1/s1 and 1/s2 can accommodate virtual ports of SR-IOV, OVS, or VT-d connect types as shown in the following table. Using the virtual-service command, you can specify which Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port is associated with the configured connect type. You can also configure the Network Interface Card (NIC) type of the virtual port using the virtual-service command.

The following table lists the compatible Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port connect type configurations.

Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port 1/s1

Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port 1/s2

SR-IOV

OVS

SR-IOV

SR-IOV

SR-IOV

VT-d

OVS

SR-IOV

OVS

OVS

OVS

VT-d

VT-d

VT-d

VT-d

SR-IOV

VT-d

OVS