This document describes a standard for establishing virtual ethernet adapters in the VIO Server environment. This standard is specific to the numbering scheme used to identify the VLAN ID's of the virtual ethernet adapters. The VLAN ID number is also referred to in the HMC as the PVID number.
This document assumes there are two VIO servers in the environment and the names of the VIO servers are represented by "*vio0" and "*vio5".
The VLAN ID numbers will be three digit numbers, each digit representing a different aspect of the underlying ethernet adapter.
| First Digit | Second Digit | Third Digit |
|---|---|---|
|
5: Boot/Service
6: Standby 7: Backup 8: Management 9: Intra-Frame |
0: Gigabit
5: 10/100 9: Bus |
0,2,4,6,8: VIO Server with even numbered hostnames
1,3,5,7,9: VIO Server with odd numberd hostnames |
The first digit of the VLAN ID numbers associated with virtual ethernet adapters will be used to represent a variety of adapter purposes. Those purposes include boot, standby, backup, management, and intra-frame communications.
The third digit of the three digit VLAN ID number assigned to virtual ethernet adapters associated with the VIO Server named *vio0 will end with a number between 0 and 4.
Example: 500, 501, 502, 510, 520, 521, ...
The VLAN ID numbers assigned to virtual ethernet adapters associated with the VIO Server named *vio5 will end with an odd number beginning at 5.
Example: 505, 506, 507, 515, 525, 526, ...
The second digit of the three digit VLAN ID sequence will represent the adapter speed, gigabit cards will be represented by 0 thru 4, 10/100 adapters by 5 thru 8, and bus speed adapters by a 9. This digit may be reconfigured as necessary.
Examples:
| VLAN ID | Adapter Type | Adapter Speed | VIO Server |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Boot 0 | Gigabit | *vio0 |
| 501 | Boot 1 | Gigabit | *vio0 |
| 505 | Boot 0 | Gigabit | *vio5 |
| 506 | Boot 1 | Gigabit | *vio5 |
| 550 | Boot 0 | 10/100 | *vio0 |
| 551 | Boot 1 | 10/100 | *vio0 |
| 555 | Boot 0 | 10/100 | *vio5 |
| 556 | Boot 1 | 10/100 | *vio5 |
| 590 | Boot 0 | Bus | *vio0 |
| 591 | Boot 0 | Bus | *vio0 |
| 595 | Boot 0 | Bus | *vio5 |
| 596 | Boot 1 | Bus | *vio5 |
An LPAR may have multiple adapters of a variety of types, for example an LPAR that provides database services and is a member of an HACMP cluster may have boot, standby, management, backup, and intra-frame virtual adapters as follows:
| VLAN ID | Adapter Type | Adapter Speed | VIO Server |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Boot | Gigabit | *vio0 |
| 600 | Standby | Gigabit | *vio0 |
| 750 | Backup | 10/100 | *vio0 |
| 850 | Management | 10/100 | *vio0 |
| 990 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio0 |
| 991 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio0 |
| 505 | Boot | Gigabit | *vio5 |
| 605 | Standby | Gigabit | *vio5 |
| 755 | Backup | 10/100 | *vio5 |
| 855 | Management | 10/100 | *vio5 |
| 995 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio5 |
| 996 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio5 |
| VLAN ID | Adapter Type | Adapter Speed | VIO Server |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Boot | Gigabit | *vio0 |
| 505 | Boot | Gigabit | *vio5 |
| 600 | Standby | Gigabit | *vio0 |
| 605 | Standby | Gigabit | *vio5 |
| 750 | Backup | 10/100 | *vio0 |
| 755 | Backup | 10/100 | *vio5 |
| 850 | Management | 10/100 | *vio0 |
| 855 | Management | 10/100 | *vio5 |
| 990 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio0 |
| 991 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio0 |
| 995 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio5 |
| 996 | Intra-frame | Bus | *vio5 |