Configure VLAN's in Solaris Zones

Solaris 10 zone with Vlan

This is in the case you want to configure a VLAN in your Solaris Zone.


First check that you are connected to a trunk, then proceed with configuration.


Let's say you want to connect to the vlan id 134 and your interface name is bge1.
So you have to calculate it like this:


VLAN int name = physical interface driver name + VLAN ID *1000 + physical device instance


bge + 134 * 1000 + 1 = bge134001


Then you have to Plumb the interface:


#ifconfig bge134001 plumb


Now you have to configure the zone so it can use the interface you created.


#zonecfg -z zonename


> add net
net> set physical=bge134001
net> set address=192.168.1.55
net> set defrouter=192.168.1.1
net> end
>verify
>commit
>exit


Now let's reboot the zone in case it was online:


#zoneadm -z zonename reboot


With "ifconfig -a" you will see that a new interface was created, in this case it will be:


bge134001:1


And that's it, try to logon to the zone you've created with ssh or login from the global zone with


zlogin zonename


and check if everything went ok.