Virtual Switch (vsw) Resource

Example 12–13 Example vsw XML

<Envelope>
  <References/>
  <Content xsi:type="ovf:VirtualSystem_Type" id="ldg1">
    <Section xsi:type="ovf:VirtualHardwareSection_Type">
      <Item>
        <rasd:OtherResourceType>vsw</rasd:OtherResourceType>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="service_name">vsw1-ldg1</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="dev_path">bge0</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="linkprop">phys-state</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <rasd:Address>00:14:4f:fc:00:01</rasd:Address>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="mode">sc</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="pvid">12345678</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="vid">87654321</gprop:GenericProperty>
      </Item>
    </Section>
  </Content>
</Envelope>

A vsw resource can be either in a <Content> section as part of a domain description, or it can appear on its own in an <Envelope> section. It must have <gprop:GenericProperty> tags with the following keys:

• service_name – Name to be assigned to the virtual switch.

• linkprop – Specifies whether the virtual device should get physical link state updates. When the value is phys-state, the virtual device gets physical link state updates. When the value is blank, the virtual device does not get physical link state updates. By default, the virtual device does not get physical link state updates.

• dev_path – Path of the network device to be associated with this virtual switch

Optionally, the vsw resource can also have the following properties:

• <rasd:Address> – Assigns a MAC address to the virtual switch

• pvid – Port virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) indicates the VLAN of which the virtual network needs to be a member, in untagged mode.

• vid – Virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID) indicates the VLAN of which a virtual network and virtual switch need to be a member, in tagged mode.

• mode – sc for SunCluster heartbeat support.