Managing Network Virtualization and Network Resources in Oracle^® Solaris 11.4

How to Configure VNICs as PVLANs

You can configure VNICs with primary and secondary VLAN IDs of a PVLAN to host the PVLAN traffic. For more information about PVLANs, see Chapter 4, Configuring Virtual Networks by Using Virtual Local Area Networks in Managing Network Datalinks in Oracle Solaris 11.4.

Before You Begin

Ensure that your role has the appropriate rights profile to perform this procedure. See Using Rights Profiles to Perform Network Configuration.

1. Create a PVLAN VNIC by specifying the primary VLAN ID and secondary VLAN ID.

   $ dladm create-vnic -l link -v VLAN-ID,PVLAN-SVID,PVLAN-type VNIC

   link

   Specifies the Ethernet link over which the VLAN is created.

   VLAN-ID

   Primary ID associated with a VLAN.

   PVLAN-SVID

   Secondary VLAN ID associated with the PVLAN.

   PVLAN-type

   The PVLAN type associated with the VLAN, which can be either isolated or community. The default value is isolated.

   VNIC

   Name of the VNIC.

2. (Optional) Display the PVLAN or PVLAN VNIC that is created.

   $ dladm show-vnic -v

Example 4  Creating a PVLAN VNIC

The following example shows how to create a PVLAN with the primary VLAN ID as 4, secondary VLAN ID as 110, and PVLAN type as isolated.

$ dladm create-vnic -v 4,110,community -l net1 vnic2
$ dladm show-vnic -v
LINK       VID  SVID PVLAN-TYPE  OVER
vnic2      4    110  community   net1