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A gateway that is configured to work in ALL VLAN mode cannot accept login

requests from

• vNics that do not support this mode

• host admin vNics that were not configured to work in ALL VLAN mode, by set-

ting the vlan-id value to a 'all' as as described in

Section , “Creating vNICs that

Support ALL VLAN Mode”, on page 71

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Creating vNICs that Support ALL VLAN Mode

VLANs are created on a vNIC that supports ALL VLAN mode using "vconfig".

• net-admin vNics

The net-admin vNic supports ALL VLAN mode once it is created on a gateway configured with All-

VLAN mode.

• host-admin vNics

• To create an ALL VLAN vnic, set the VLAN's ID to 'all'.

A gateway that is configured to work in ALL VLAN mode, can only accept login requests from hosts that

are also working in a VLAN mode. e.g. the VLAN ID must be set to 'all'.

This is an example of how to create an ALL VLAN vNic using the mlx4_vnic.conf file:

name=eth44 mac=00:25:8B:27:14:78 ib_port=mlx4_0:1 vid=all vnic_id=5

bx=00:00:00:00:00:00:04:B2 eport=A10

• To create an All-VLAN vNic using a specific configuration file, add the following line to the con-

figuration file:

VNICVLAN=all

For further information on how to create host-admin vNics, please see Section 4.3.2.1, “EoIB

Host Administered vNic”, on page 63 EoIB Host Administered vNic.

Checking the Configuration

To verify the gateway / vNic is configured with the All-VLAN mode, use the mlx4_vnic_info

script.

• Gateway Support

To verify the gateway is configured to All-VLAN mode. Run:

mlx4_vnic_info -g <GW-NAME>

Example:

# mlx4_vnic_info -g A2

IOA_PORT mlx4_0:1

BX_NAME bridge-119c64

BX_GUID 00:02:c9:03:00:11:61:67

EPORT_NAME A2

EPORT_ID 63

STATE connected

GW_TYPE LEGACY

PKEY 0xffff

ALL_VLAN yes