dladm_vnic - Manage VNICs on Solaris/illumos systems.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Create or delete VNICs on Solaris/illumos systems.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
link	yes			VNIC underlying link name.
mac	no			Sets the VNIC's MAC address. Must be valid unicast MAC address. aliases: macaddr
name	yes			VNIC name.
state	no	present	present absent	Create or delete Solaris/illumos VNIC.
temporary	no		true false	Specifies that the VNIC is temporary. Temporary VNICs do not persist across reboots.
vlan	no			Enable VLAN tagging for this VNIC. The VLAN tag will have id vlan. aliases: vlan_id

Examples

# Create 'vnic0' VNIC over 'bnx0' link
- dladm_vnic:
    name: vnic0
    link: bnx0
    state: present

# Create VNIC with specified MAC and VLAN tag over 'aggr0'
- dladm_vnic:
    name: vnic1
    link: aggr0
    mac: '00:00:5E:00:53:23'
    vlan: 4

# Remove 'vnic0' VNIC
- dladm_vnic:
    name: vnic0
    link: bnx0
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name	description	returned	type	sample
link	VNIC underlying link name	always	string	igb0
mac	MAC address to use for VNIC	if mac is specified	string	00:00:5E:00:53:42
name	VNIC name	always	string	vnic0
state	state of the target	always	string	present
temporary	VNIC's persistence	always	boolean	True
vlan	VLAN to use for VNIC	success	int	42

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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