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Chapter 1 Introduction to Network Virtualization and Network Resource Management

What's New in Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle Solaris 11.2

What Is Network Virtualization and Network Resource Management?

Overview of Virtual Networks

Components of a Virtual Network

Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC)

Virtual Switch

Etherstub

Zone

How a Virtual Network Works

Using Virtual Extensible Local Area Network

Using Edge Virtual Bridging

Who Should Implement Virtual Networks?

Overview of Network Resource Management

Network Resource Management by Using Datalink Properties

Network Resource Management by Using Flows

Benefits of Network Resource Management

Chapter 2 Creating and Managing Virtual Networks

Configuring the Components of a Virtual Network

Commands for Configuring the Components of a Virtual Network

How to Configure VNICs and Etherstubs

How to Configure VNICs With VLAN IDs

Building Virtual Networks

How to Configure a Zone for the Virtual Network

How to Reconfigure a Zone to Use a VNIC

How to Temporarily Create VNICs in Zones

How to Configure a Private Virtual Network

Managing VNICs

Displaying VNICs

Displaying VNICs With Multiple MAC Addresses

Displaying the Physical and Virtual Link State of Datalinks

Modifying the VLAN IDs of VNICs

Modifying VNIC MAC Addresses

Migrating VNICs

Deleting VNICs

How to Delete a VNIC

How to Delete a VNIC Attached to a Zone

Using Single Root I/O Virtualization With VNICs

Enabling the SR-IOV Mode of Datalinks

Creating VF VNICs

Migrating VF VNICs

Displaying VFs Information

Chapter 3 Configuring Virtual Networks by Using Virtual Extensible Local Area Networks

Overview of VXLANs

Advantages of Using VXLANs

VXLAN Naming Convention

VXLAN Topology

Using VXLAN With Zones

Planning a VXLAN Configuration

VXLAN Requirements

Configuring a VXLAN

How to Configure a VXLAN

Displaying VXLAN Information

Deleting a VXLAN

Assigning a VXLAN to a Zone

How to Assign a VXLAN to a Zone

Use Case: Configuring a VXLAN Over a Link Aggregation

Chapter 4 Administering Server-Network Edge Virtualization by Using Edge Virtual Bridging

EVB Support in Server-Network Edge Virtualization

Reflective Relay

Automated VNIC Configuration in the Network

Improving Network and Server Efficiency by Using EVB

Installing EVB

How to Install EVB

Controlling Switching Between VMs Over the Same Physical Port

Enabling the VMs to Communicate Through an External Switch

Using LLDP to Manage the Communication Between VMs

Exchanging VNIC Information by Using VDP

How VDP Exchanges VNIC Information

Displaying VDP and ECP State and Statistics

Displaying the VDP State and Statistics

Displaying the Link Properties

Displaying ECP State and Statistics

Changing the Default EVB Configuration

How to Change the Default EVB Configuration

Chapter 5 About Elastic Virtual Switches

Overview of the Elastic Virtual Switch (EVS) Feature

Virtual Switches in Oracle Solaris

What Is the Oracle Solaris Elastic Virtual Switch Feature?

Benefits of Using EVS

Elastic Virtual Switch Resources

IP Network

Virtual Port

Namespace Management in EVS

EVS Administrative Commands

evsadm Command

evsadm Subcommands for Managing an Elastic Virtual Switch

evsadm Subcommands for Managing an IPnet

evsadm Subcommands for Managing a VPort

evsadm Subcommands for Managing EVS Client Properties

evsadm Subcommands for Managing EVS Controller Properties

evsstat Command

dladm Command

zonecfg Command

Restrictions for Administering VNICs Connected to an Elastic Virtual Switch

Automatically Generated VXLAN Datalinks

Mandatory Packages for Using EVS

How EVS Works With Zones

Security Requirements for Using EVS

Chapter 6 Administering Elastic Virtual Switches

EVS Administration Tasks

Planning an Elastic Virtual Switch Configuration

Creating and Administering an EVS Controller

Mandatory Packages for an EVS Controller

Commands for Configuring an EVS Controller

Setting the EVS Controller

Displaying the EVS Controller

Setting Properties for an EVS Controller

Displaying Properties of an EVS Controller

Configuring an EVS Controller

Setting Up SSH Authentication

How to Set Up SSH Authentication Between an EVS Node and the EVS Controller

How to Set Up SSH Authentication Between the EVS Manager and the EVS Controller

How to Set Up SSH Authentication Between the EVS Controller and an EVS Node

How to Configure an EVS Controller

Configuring Elastic Virtual Switches

Mandatory Package for an Elastic Virtual Switch

Commands for Configuring an Elastic Virtual Switch

Creating an Elastic Virtual Switch

Adding an IPnet to an Elastic Virtual Switch

Adding a VPort to an Elastic Virtual Switch

How to Configure an Elastic Virtual Switch

Creating a VNIC for an Elastic Virtual Switch

How to Create a VNIC for an Elastic Virtual Switch

Creating a VNIC anet Resource for an Elastic Virtual Switch

Administering Elastic Virtual Switches, IPnets, and VPorts

Administering an Elastic Virtual Switch

Displaying Elastic Virtual Switch Information

Setting Properties for an Elastic Virtual Switch

Displaying Properties of an Elastic Virtual Switch

Administering an IPnet Configuration

Removing an IPnet

Displaying IPnets

Administering VPort Configuration

Setting Properties for a VPort

Displaying Properties of a VPort

Displaying VPorts

Resetting a VPort

Removing a VPort

Deleting an Elastic Virtual Switch

How to Delete an Elastic Virtual Switch

Monitoring Elastic Virtual Switches

Example Use Cases for Elastic Virtual Switches

Use Case: Configuring an Elastic Virtual Switch

Planning for the Elastic Virtual Switch Setup

EVS Manager Operations

Compute Node CN1 Operations

Compute Node CN2 Operations

Use Case: Configuring an Elastic Virtual Switch for a Tenant

Planning for the Elastic Virtual Switch Setup

EVS Manager Operations

Compute Node CN1 Operations

Compute Node CN2 Operations

Chapter 7 Managing Network Resources

Managing Network Resources by Using Datalink Properties

Commands for Allocating Resources in Datalinks

Managing NIC Rings

Allocating Rings in MAC Clients

Hardware-based Clients

Software-based Clients

Allocating Rings in VLANs

Commands for Configuring Rings

Displaying Ring Use and Ring Assignments on a Datalink

Configuring Clients and Allocating Rings

How to Configure Clients and Allocate Rings

Managing Pools and CPUs

Working With Pools and CPUs

Configuring a CPU Pool for a Datalink

How to Configure a CPU Pool for a Datalink

Allocating CPUs to a Datalink

How to Allocate CPUs to a Datalink

Managing Network Resources by Using Flows

Commands for Resource Allocation in Flows

Configuring Flows

How to Configure Flows

Use Case: Managing Network Resources by Setting Datalink and Flow Properties

Chapter 8 Monitoring Network Traffic and Resource Usage

Overview of Monitoring Network Traffic Statistics of Datalinks and Flows

Commands for Monitoring Network Traffic Statistics

Displaying Network Traffic Statistics of Links

Displaying Network Traffic Statistics of Network Devices

Displaying Network Traffic Statistics of Datalinks

Displaying Network Traffic Statistics of Link Aggregations

Displaying Network Traffic Statistics of Bridges

Displaying Network Traffic Statistics of Flows

Configuring Network Accounting for Network Traffic

How to Set Up Network Accounting

Displaying Historical Statistics on Network Traffic

Displaying Historical Network Traffic Statistics on Datalinks

Displaying Historical Network Traffic Statistics on Flows

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Managing Network Resources by Using Flows

temporarily creating VNICs

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How to Temporarily Create VNICs in Zones

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Temporarily Creating VNICs, VLANs, and IP-over-IB Partitions in Zones

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Namespace Management in EVS

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