Virtual Switch (vsw) Resource

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 a <gprop:GenericProperty> tag with the service_name key, which is the name to be assigned to the virtual switch.

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

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

• default-vlan-id – Specifies the default virtual local area network (VLAN) to which a virtual network device or virtual switch needs to be a member, in tagged mode. The first VLAN ID (vid1) is reserved for the default-vlan-id.

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

• id – Specifies the ID of a new virtual switch device. By default, ID values are generated automatically, so set this property if you need to match an existing device name in the OS.

• inter_vnet_link – Specifies whether to assign LDC channels for inter-vnet communication. The default value is on.

• 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 (the default setting).

• mode – sc for Oracle Solaris Cluster heartbeat support.

• 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.

• mtu – Specifies the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of a virtual switch, virtual network devices that are bound to the virtual switch, or both. Valid values are in the range of 1500-16000. The ldm command issues an error if an invalid value is specified.

• 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.

<Envelope>
  <References/>
  <Content xsi:type="ovf:VirtualSystem_Type" id="ldg2">
    <Section xsi:type="ovf:VirtualHardwareSection_Type">
      <Item>
        <rasd:OtherResourceType>vsw</rasd:OtherResourceType>
        <rasd:Address>00:14:4f:fb:ec:00</rasd:Address>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="service_name">test-vsw1</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="inter_vnet_link">on</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="default-vlan-id">1</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="pvid">1</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="mtu">1500</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="dev_path">switch@0</gprop:GenericProperty>
        <gprop:GenericProperty key="id">0</gprop:GenericProperty>
      </Item>
    </Section>
  </Content>
</Envelope>