Using a Virtual Switch Relay
A virtual switch relay forces all domain traffic through an external physical network infrastructure. This configuration enforces network policies for access control lists (ACL) and packet monitoring, which can be configured on the external switch. The switch must support the virtual switch relay capability. Use the ldm set-vsw
command to specify the vsw-relay-mode
property value to one of the following values:
-
local
enables the network traffic between domains over the same physical NIC to be exchanged internally. This is the default value. -
remote
enables the network traffic between domains over the same physical NIC to be exchanged through the external switch. Thisremote
value requires that you manually disable theinter-vnet-link
property on all the virtual networks that are connected to this switch.When resetting the value to
local
, you can reset theinter-vnet-link
property value toon
orauto
depending on your needs.
Note:
You can set the value toremote
on an Ethernet device only.