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Operating Systems AIX Virtual Ethernet with VIO Post 302137920 by scottsl on Thursday 27th of September 2007 02:18:20 PM

09-27-2007

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Virtual Ethernet with VIO

We're using VIO (not an HMC) to manage our LPAR's We have 3 physical adapters and 4 LPARs. Through the VIO interface we assigned 2 virtual interfaces but require a 3rd interface assigned to these LPARs. I am experiencing issues understanding exactly how to create another virtual adapter, either within VIO web interface or vio cli.

My configuration looks like this:
ent2 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent3 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent4 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent5 Available Virtual I/O Ethernet Adapter (l-lan)
ent0 Available 08-08 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter (14108902)
ent1 Available 08-09 2-Port 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter (14108902)
ent8 Available 0B-08 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter (14106902)
ent6 Available Shared Ethernet Adapter
ent7 Available Shared Ethernet Adapter
ent9 Available Shared Ethernet Adapter

I do not think I need to setup an additional shared enternet to create the virtual adapter but this is where I am not sure how to proceed. I have tried to issue the mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent10 -default ent10 -defaultid 1 command but receive the following error:

"Some error messages may contain invalid information
for the Virtual I/O Server environment.

Method error (/usr/lib/methods/chgsea):
0514-018 The values specified for the following attributes
are not valid:
pvid_adapter

Command did not complete.

"Run mkdev" was last subcommand run."

I'm sure I am missing something very simple but at this point I've exhausted my resources. All the redbooks and manuals I've found refer to using an HMC and we're not using one. Any information as to where else to look or how to create the virtual ethernet adapters is appreciated.

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ipsec_tncfg

IPSEC_TNCFG(8)							Executable programs						    IPSEC_TNCFG(8)

NAME

       ipsec_tncfg - manipulate KLIPS virtual interfaces

SYNOPSIS

       ipsec tncfg
	     ipsec tncfg --create virtual
	     ipsec tncfg --delete virtual
	     ipsec tncfg --attach --virtual virtual --physical physical
	     ipsec tncfg --detach --virtual virtual
	     ipsec tncfg --clear
	     ipsec tncfg --version
	     ipsec tncfg --help

KLIPS

       Note that tncfg is only supported on the KLIPS stack which uses ipsecX interfaces bound to physical interfaces

DESCRIPTION

       The purpose of tncfg is to attach/detach IPsec virtual interfaces (e.g. ipsec0) to/from physical interfaces (e.g. eth0) through which
       packets will be forwarded once processed by KLIPS.

       When using the MAST stack, tncfg is used to create and delete virtual interfaces known as mastXXX. mast stands for Mooring and XXX.

       The form with no additional arguments lists the contents of /proc/net/ipsec_tncfg. The format of /proc/net/ipsec_tncfg is discussed in
       ipsec_tncfg(5).

       The --attach form attaches the virtual interface to the physical one.

       The --detach form detaches the virtual interface from whichever physical interface it is attached to.

       The --clear form clears all the virtual interfaces from whichever physical interfaces they were attached to.

       Virtual interfaces typically have names like ipsec0 or mast0 while physical interfaces typically have names like eth0 or ppp0.

EXAMPLES

       ipsec tncfg --create mast12
	   creates the mast12 device.

       ipsec tncfg --create ipsec4
	   creates an ipsec4 device, but does not attach it.

       ipsec tncfg --attach --virtual ipsec0 --physical eth0
	   attaches the ipsec0 virtual device to the eth0 physical device.

FILES

       /proc/net/ipsec_tncfg, /usr/local/bin/ipsec

SEE ALSO

       ipsec(8), ipsec_manual(8), ipsec_eroute(8), ipsec_spi(8), ipsec_spigrp(8), ipsec_klipsdebug(8), ipsec_tncfg(5)

HISTORY

       Written for the Linux FreeS/WAN project <http://www.freeswan.org/> by Richard Guy Briggs.

AUTHOR

       Paul Wouters
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libreswan							    12/16/2012							    IPSEC_TNCFG(8)