The following procedure assumes that you want to create a
second-level vif called vif_name
on a single storage
system with two multimode vifs, called vif_name1
and
vif_name2. The vif_name1
vif is composed of two
physical interfaces, if1
and if2. And vif_name2
is composed of two physical interfaces,
if3
and if4.
Before You Begin
You need to meet the following prerequisites to create a
second-level vif:
- Identify or install a switch that supports link aggregation over
multiple port connections in your network, configured according to
your switch vendor's instructions.
- Decide on a name for the second-level vif:
- It must begin with a letter.
- It must not contain a space.
- It must not contain more than 15 characters.
- It must not already be in use for a vif.
- Decide on a list of the interfaces you want the vif to consist of.
- Configure all interfaces that will be included in the vif to be
down using the ifconfig command.
Steps
- Enter the following command to create the first of two multimode
interfaces:
vif create multi -b {mac|ip}
vif_name1 if1 if2
- Enter the following command to create the second of two multimode
interfaces:
vif create multi -b {mac|ip} vif_name2if3if4
In both steps 1 and 2,-b specifies the type of load-balancing method.
mac—specifies MAC addressed-based.
ip—indicates IP addressed-based (default).
- Enter the following command to create a single-mode interface
from the multimode interfaces:
vif create single vif_name
vif_name1 vif_name2
Example
The following commands creates two vifs and a second-level vif.
In this example, IP-based load-balancing is used for the multimode
vifs.
vif create multi Firstlev1 e0 e1
vif create multi Firstlev2 e2 e3
vif create single Secondlev Firstlev1 Firstlev2
