How to set 4 SEA on single VIOS


 
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Operating Systems AIX How to set 4 SEA on single VIOS
# 8  
Old 11-15-2011
hi,
configure each sea in different pvid's.then u can able to configure all the 4.
that means create 4 virtual ethernet adapters with different pvids.
command for configuring sea is :
"mkvdev -sea (physical adapter1) -vadapter (virtual ethernet1) -default (virtual ethernet1) -default id (pvid given in virtual ethernet creation)
do this command for all the 4(ent0,ent1,ent2,ent3).
i wish it may helps u.....
# 9  
Old 11-16-2011
thanks all. 4 sets of SEA succeed configured by making sure all the vlan id on VIO server and client's LPARs vlans are matching each others via HMC. Smilie
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