z⁄VM Education - Unit 10 - Virtual Switch - Advanced Topics

The Virtual Switch (VSwitch) is a virtualized representation of a hardware LAN switch. A virtual switch is capable of bridging a z/VM guest LAN to an associated real LAN connected by an OSA-Express adapter. This video presents advanced z/VM Virtual Switch topics and includes an extensive discussion on link aggregation and diagnostics.

Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:53 - IEEE 802.3ad and Link Aggregation 12:35 - Shared Link Aggregation Port Groups 15:48 - IVL Domain 17:19 - IVL VSwitch 18:35 - IVL Dynamic Controls 19:31 - Create the Shared Port Group 20:24 - Define a Global VSwitch 21:38 - Asynchronous Global VSwitch Initialization 24:42 - OSA Priority Queuing 27:44 - HiperSocket Virtual Switch Bridge 34:12 - VEPA - Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator 39:03 - z/VM Virtual Switch SNMP MIB 41:08 - Diagnostics 51:21 - Support Timeline

Presentation and Material - https://www.vm.ibm.com/education/roadmaps/vswitch2.pdf