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Preface This configuration guide describes the background, fundamentals, and configuration of EVB. This preface includes the following topics about the documentation: Audience. • Conventions. • About the H3C S6300 documentation set. • Obtaining documentation. • • Technical support. Documentation feedback.
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GUI conventions Convention Description Window names, button names, field names, and menu items are in Boldface. For Boldface example, the New User window appears; click OK. > Multi-level menus are separated by angle brackets. For example, File > Create > Folder. Symbols Convention Description...
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Configuring EVB Overview Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB) allows virtual machines (VMs) on a physical server to obtain bridge relay services through a common bridge port. It enables coordinated configuration and management of bridge services for VMs. EVB requires a license to run on your device. For information about obtaining a license, see Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
EVB solves these limitations. It uses a physical switch (called EVB bridge) to switch traffic for VMs on a directly connected physical server (called EVB station). EVB implements traffic monitoring, network policy enforcement, and unified network deployment and management for VMs. Basic concepts Figure 2 shows the components on the EVB station and EVB bridge.
The bridge uses the VSI interfaces to manage traffic for VMs. VDP manages the association between a VSI and a station-facing bridge port (SBP) on a bridge. VDP uses the Edge Control Protocol (ECP) to carry VDP TLVs. A VDP TLV comprises the VSIID, VSI type, and VSI version.
A default S-channel is created on an interface after EVB is enabled on the interface. Both SCID and SVID are 1. After an S-channel is created, an S-channel interface or S-channel aggregate interface is created and operates in access mode. Do not enable both EVB and VLAN mapping, both EVB and TRILL, or both EVB and QinQ on the same interface.
Specifying a default VSI manager When the bridge receives a VDP packet (except for a De-Associate packet) from a station, it contacts the VSI manager specified in the VDP packet to get VSI interface resources and policies. The VSI manager ID TLV in a VDP packet carries the VSI manager's IP address. If the value for the TLV is 0, the VDP packet does not contain a VSI manager's IP address, so the bridge communicates with the specified default VSI manager.
Step Command Remarks Configure the VDP evb vdp timer resource-wait-delay resource-wait-delay timer The default is 20. exponent value exponent. Configure the VDP keepalive evb vdp timer keepalive exponent The default is 20. timer exponent. value Configuring an S-channel Creating an S-channel An S-channel is automatically created by CDCP, and the system automatically saves the configuration in the configuration file on the bridge.
Step Command Remarks By default, only an automatically evb s-channel channel-id created default S-channel (with Create an S-channel. service-vlan svlan-id both SCID and SVID as 1) exists on an interface with EVB enabled. Configuring an S-channel interface or S-channel aggregate interface Step Command...
Step Command Remarks Enable the RR mode for the By default, the RR mode is evb reflective-relay S-channel. disabled for an S-channel. Configuring MAC address learning for an S-channel You can manually disable the MAC address learning function for an S-channel by performing this task. To disable MAC address learning for an S-channel: Step Command...
VSI interfaces or VSI aggregate interfaces are typically created by a VSI manager. You can create a VSI interface or VSI aggregate interface, or modify its Pre-Associate and Associate properties through this task. To create a VSI interface or VSI aggregate interface: Step Command Remarks...
Before you configure a VSI filter on a VSI aggregate interface, make sure the S-channel aggregate • interface to which the VSI aggregate interface belongs operates in trunk mode. Otherwise, the VSI filter configuration fails. • After you configure a VSI filter on a VSI aggregate interface, an S-channel aggregate interface automatically permits the VLAN that is configured in the VSI filter for the subordinate VSI aggregate interface.
Step Command Remarks By default, the expected bandwidth of a (Optional.) Configure VSI interface or VSI aggregate interface the expected bandwidth bandwidth bandwidth-value is the default maximum bandwidth of the of the VSI interface or physical port to which the VSI interface VSI aggregate interface.
EVB configuration example Network requirements As shown in Figure 3, the Layer 2 network of a data center comprises two switches that form an IRF fabric, four EVB bridges, and four EVB stations. They communicate within VLAN 100. Create VM 1 with a MAC address of 0050-5684-21C7 on EVB station 1, and set VM1 as the FTP server with a CIR of 2048 kbps and a PIR of 4096 kbps.
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[EVB_bridge1-Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] lldp agent nearest-nontpmr admin-status txrx [EVB_bridge1-Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] quit # Specify the IP address and port number for the default VSI manager on EVB bridge 1. [EVB_bridge1] evb default-manager ip 192.168.1.1 port 8080 Configure other EVB bridges in the same way. (Details not shown.) Configure the EVB station: Configure the EVB station on the VMM.
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Figure 5 Edge Switch List page Add an FTP network: Select Network from the navigation tree, click Add on the page that appears, enter For FTP for Name, 100 for VLAN ID, and 10 for Max. Connections, and click OK. The network name For FTP is displayed in the Network List page, as shown in Figure Figure 6 Network List page...
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Figure 7 VSI Type List page Bind the VSI type VM1 VSI to the vNIC of VM 1 to define the connection: Select Connection from the navigation tree. The Connection List page appears. Click Add. On the page that appears, do the following: −...
Index EVB default VSI manager, displaying activating EVB, EVB VSI aggregate filter, EVB VSI filter, edge relay (EVB), Edge Virtual Bridging. Use bridging enabling EVB configuration, 1, 3, EVB, EVB default VSI manager specification, EVB LLDP configuration, basic concepts, EVB S-channel aggregate interface, configuration, 1, 3, EVB S-channel configuration, default VSI manager specification,...
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LLDP configuring EVB S-channel MAC address learning, EVB LLDP configuration, configuring EVB S-channel RR mode, configuring EVB S-channel VSI aggregate MAC addressing interface, EVB S-channel MAC address learning configuring EVB S-channel VSI interface, configuration, configuring EVB VDP negotiation parameter, maintaining configuring EVB VSI filter, EVB, creating EVB S-channel,...
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EVB VSI aggregate filter, EVB VSI filter, 9, EVB negotiation parameters, virtual EVB virtual station interface. See Virtual Ethernet Bridge. Use VEB aggregate filter activation, Discovery Configuration Protocol. See see VDP EVB default VSI manager, EVB virtual station interface, filter activation, filter configuration, VDP negotiation parameter configuration, VSI interface...
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