Viewing A List Of Virtual Switches; Adding A Virtual Switch - Siemens RX1500 User Manual

Chapter 3
Device Management
• Be careful when adding a VLAN interface (assigned to a switch port on a given line module) in the virtual
switch. The VLAN tag on a tagged frame received on the VLAN interface of a switch port may not be preserved
when the traffic is egressed through a routable interface (i.e. T1/E1 HLDC-ETH or FE-CM-1), which is also part
of the same virtual switch instance. However, a VLAN tag is preserved when tagged traffic is received on a
routable interface.
• Any IP address assigned to an interface becomes inactive and hidden when the interface is added to the virtual
switch. The address on the interface is reactivated after removing the interface from the virtual switch.
• Be careful when adding interfaces to the virtual switch. Any network services running on the individual
interfaces will need to be reconfigured after adding the interface to the virtual switch. For example, if a DHCP
server running on FE-CM-1 is subsequently made a member of the VirtualSwitch VS1, the DHCP configuration
must be changed to refer to VS1.
• The virtual switch is implemented in the ROX II software. Therefore, a CPU resource is needed to forward
broadcast, multicast and unicast traffic.
• If the router is running as a firewall, the routeback parameter under firewall » fwconfig » fwinterface must be
enabled for the virtual switch interface. For more information, refer to
The following sections describe how to configure and manage virtual switches:
• Section 3.25.1, "Viewing a List of Virtual Switches"
• Section 3.25.2, "Adding a Virtual Switch"
• Section 3.25.3, "Deleting a Virtual Switch"
• Section 3.25.4, "Managing Virtual Switch Interfaces"
• Section 5.35.7, "Managing VLANs for Virtual Switches"
Section 3.25.1

Viewing a List of Virtual Switches

To view a list of virtual switches, navigate to interface » virtualswitch. If keys have been configured, the Virtual
Switch table appears.
Figure 183: Virtual Switch Table
If no virtual switches have been configured, add switches as needed. For more information, refer to
Section 3.25.2, "Adding a Virtual
Section 3.25.2

Adding a Virtual Switch

To add virtual switch, do the following:
Change the mode to Edit Private or Edit Exclusive.
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Viewing a List of Virtual Switches
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