Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: September 2014
 
 

evsadm Command

You use the evsadm command to communicate with the EVS controller and manage the elastic virtual switch, IPnet, and VPorts. This section describes the subcommands you use to perform activities with this command. For more information, see the evsadm(1M) man page.

evsadm Subcommands for Managing an Elastic Virtual Switch

The evsadm subcommands for managing a virtual switch are:

create-evs

Creates an elastic virtual switch

delete-evs

Deletes an elastic virtual switch

show-evs

Displays information about an elastic virtual switch

set-evsprop

Enables you to set the maxbw and priority properties for an elastic switch

For more information about these properties, see Setting Properties for an Elastic Virtual Switch.

show-evsprop

Displays the properties of the elastic virtual switch

evsadm Subcommands for Managing an IPnet

The evsadm subcommands for managing an IPnet are:

add-ipnet

Adds an IPnet to the elastic virtual switch and enables you to set the subnet and defrouter properties

For more information about these properties, see Adding an IPnet to an Elastic Virtual Switch.

remove-ipnet

Removes an IPnet

show-ipnet

Displays information about an IPnet

evsadm Subcommands for Managing a VPort

The evsadm subcommands for managing a virtual port are:

add-vport

Adds a VPort

remove-vport

Removes a VPort

show-vport

Displays information about a VPort

set-evsprop

Enables you to set the following properties for a VPort:

  • cos

  • maxbw

  • priority

For more information about these properties, see Table 5–1.

show-vportprop

Displays the properties of the VPort

reset-vport

Resets a VPort

evsadm Subcommands for Managing EVS Client Properties

The evsadm subcommands for managing EVS client properties are:

set-prop

Enables you to set the controller property

show-prop

Displays EVS client properties

evsadm Subcommands for Managing EVS Controller Properties

The evsadm subcommands for managing EVS controller properties are:

set-controlprop

Enables you to set the following properties for the controller:

  • l2-type

  • vlan-range

  • vxlan-range

  • vxlan-mgroup

  • vxlan-addr

  • vxlan-ipvers

  • uplink-port

For more information about these properties, see Table 5–2.

show-controlprop

Displays the properties of the EVS controller