Virtual switches
The POWER Hypervisor™ implements an IEEE 802.1Q virtual LAN style virtual Ethernet switch. When you add a virtual network, you can add a virtual switch. After you add a virtual switch, if necessary, you can change the name and mode of the virtual switch.
Multiple virtual switches are supported. By default, a single virtual switch that is named ETHERNET0 is configured. You can change the name of the virtual switch and create more virtual switches with different names by using the Hardware Management Console (HMC). You can add more virtual switches to provide an extra layer of security or to increase the flexibility of a virtual Ethernet configuration.
Note: A virtual switch associated with a virtual network bridge can
be removed only if the following conditions are true:
- All virtual network bridges to which the virtual switch is attached are deleted.
- The virtual switch is not associated with any other virtual network bridge.
