Thanks Robert! I added the following line to /usbkey/config
v101t_nic=00:25:90:79:9b:75 # where 00:25:90:79:9b:75 is the MAC for igb1 Seems that was all I needed to specify a NIC tag "v101t" for igb1. On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/23/16 14:10 , Evan Rowley wrote: > > Help, please > > > > I have a L3 switch that has some VLANs on it. I would like for several of > > my KVM VMs that are distributed across 3 SmartOS nodes to all have their > > primary VNIC on VLAN 101. > > > > Each SmartOS node has a dual intel NIC. The admin interface is on igb0 > and > > I would like to trunk VLAN 101 on igb1. > > > > Based on the "Managing NICs" page of the SmartOS Wiki, the following > seems > > to get a global zone connected to VLAN 101. > > > > dladm create-vnic -l igb1 -v 101 v101n > > ifconfig v101n plumb > > ifconfig v101n inet 10.170.153.5 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > > > While it is good to see that I can ping the 10.170.153.1 gateway from the > > global zone, this doesn't solve the problem for my VMs. In fact. I don't > > want my SmartOS nodes to be reachable from VLAN 101 - only the KVM VMs > > should be reachable. > > > > My understanding of crossbow network virtualization is lacking, so right > > now I am lost on how to implement this on vanilla SmartOS. What should > > happen between the VMs VNICs and VLAN 101 is a mystery to me. > > Hi Evan, > > So if you want your KVM VMs to basically have a VNIC whose packets are > always tagged with the VLAN 101, all you need to do is specify the > vlan_id 101 in the JSON definition for the network. > > There's nothing that you need to do in the GZ, just use the nic tag that > corresponds to the physical device that the packets need to travel over. > > Basically creating a VNIC or VLAN in the GZ is only needed if the GZ > needs to access it itself. > > Robert > -- - EJR ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
