Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3

Chapter 1

Introduction to Network Virtualization and Network Resource Management

This chapter provides an overview of network virtualization and network resource management in Oracle Solaris.

You might need to perform basic network configuration before you perform the configurations described in this book. For information about basic network configuration, see Configuring and Managing Network Components in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

For a summary of network configuration features in Oracle Solaris and network virtualization use cases, see Strategies for Network Administration in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

For information about datalink administration, see Managing Network Datalinks in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

For a quick reference to commonly used network administration commands, see Oracle Solaris 11.3 Network Administration Cheatsheet.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• What's New in Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle Solaris 11.3

• Overview of Network Virtualization

• Overview of Network Resource Management