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

Assigning a VXLAN to a Zone

You can create zones that are a part of a VXLAN segment by assigning VXLAN as an underlying link to the zone's anet resource. For information about configuring a zone, see Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Zones.

How to Assign a VXLAN to a Zone

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

2. Determine the available IP addresses on the system.

   # ipadm show-addr
   

3. Create the VXLAN by specifying the IP address.

   # dladm create-vxlan -p prop=value VXLAN-LINK

4. Verify the VXLAN that you created.

   # dladm show-vxlan

5. Configure the zone by assigning the VXLAN that you created as the underlying link for the zone's anet.

   global# zonecfg -z zone 
   zonecfg:zone2> add anet
   zonecfg:zone2:anet> set linkname=datalink
   zonecfg:zone2:anet> set lower-link=VXLAN-LINK
   zonecfg:zone2:net> end
   zonecfg:zone2> verify
   zonecfg:zone2> commit
   zonecfg:zone2> exit
   global# zoneadm -z zone reboot

   VXLAN is assigned as the underlying link for the zone's anet.

Example 43  Assigning a VXLAN to a Zone's anet

# ipadm show-addr net4
ADDROBJ   TYPE   STATE   ADDR 
net4/v4   static ok      203.0.113.1/24 2

# dladm create-vxlan -p addr=203.0.113.1,vni=10 vxlan1

# dladm show-vxlan
LINK   ADDR       VNI  MGROUP
vxlan1 203.0.113.1 10   224.0.0.1

Because you have not specified a multicast address, this VXLAN segment uses the All Host multicast address, which addresses all the hosts on the same network segment.

# dladm show-link vxlan1
LINK   CLASS MTU  STATE OVER 
vxlan1 vxlan 1440 up    -- 

vxlan1 is created and the link state is up.

global# zonecfg -z zone2 
zonecfg:zone2> add anet
zonecfg:zone2:anet> set linkname=net1
zonecfg:zone2:anet> set lower-link=vxlan1
zonecfg:zone2:anet> end
zonecfg:zone2> verify
zonecfg:zone2> commit
zonecfg:zone2> exit
global# zoneadm -z zone2 reboot

vxlan1 is assigned as the underlying link for the zone's anet.

When the zone boots up, net1 is created in zone2 over vxlan1.