Configure Virtual Ports

About this task

Perform the following procedure to configure virtual ports to be used by the virtual service configured on the switch.

Note

Note

The names of Ethernet ports appearing in a specific Virtual Machine (VM) are not correlated to the configured virtual port names. Each VM renames the Ethernet ports as per its requirements, after they are discovered during the VM initialization.

By default, all virtual ports of OVS connection type appear first in the alphabetical order of their configured names, followed by the virtual ports of SR-IOV and VT-d connection types.

Before you begin

  • You must enable trunking on the Extreme Integrated Application Hosting (IAH) port when you use SR-IOV and OVS connection types.

  • Ensure the switch has the Ethernet drivers installed as per the SR-IOV standard, to support the VT-d and the SR-IOV connection type for the configured virtual ports.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, expand the Configuration > Serviceability folders.
  2. Select Virtual Service.
  3. Select the VPorts tab.
  4. Select Insert.
  5. In the Virtual Service Name field, enter the virtual service name.
  6. In the Interface Name field, enter a name for the virtual port.
  7. Optional: In the VlanIdList field, enter a VLAN ID.
  8. Optional: In the ConnectType field, select a connection type.
    Note

    Note

    Ensure the connection type you configure for the virtual port matches the connection type supported by the IAH port.

  9. Select Insert.

VPorts Field Descriptions

Use data in the following table to use the VPorts tab.

Name

Description

Virtual Service Name

Specifies the virtual service name.

Note:

The specified name must match the virtual service name configured on the switch.

Interface Name

Specifies the virtual port.

VlanIdList

Specifies the VLAN ID to which the virtual port is assigned.

ConnectType

Specifies the virtual port connect type. The default is VT-d. The switch supports the following maximums for virtual ports:

  • OVS - 16

  • SR-IOV - 16

  • VT-d - 2

Port

Specifies the name of the Extreme Integrated Application Hosting port associated with the virtual port. Depending on hardware, the switch can support the following Extreme Integrated Application Hosting ports:

  • 1/s1

  • 1/s2

NicType

Specifies the Virtual Port NIC type. The default is e1000.
  • virtio
  • e1000
Note:

Configure this value only when the ConnectType field is OVS.
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