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 If this VE adapter is for VIOS and it will be used for a shared Ethernet adapter (SEA)
(coming up in the following sections), then select the Use this adapter for Ethernet
bridging.
 Click OK to create the adapter.
 This was a dynamic add to the partition. You should go under Configuration -> Save
Current Configuration to save the changes to the partition profile.
Additionally, link aggregation is supported for fail over and load balancing across multiple
Ethernet ports. The cfgassist menu interface can be used from the VIOS CLI to configure link
aggregation, SEAs and TCP/IP.
5.5.3 Configuring Virtual Ethernet using IVM
To configure the Virtual Ethernet adapter, start an IVM session and log in with padmin user ID.
 Click View/Modify Virtual Ethernet.
 Select the Virtual Ethernet LAN tab
 Notice the Virtual Ethernets that are supported by VIOS, shown by a checkmark.
 Select one of those same virtual Ethernets for your IBM i client partition.
 Click Apply
5.5.4 Configuring Virtual Ethernet using the VIOS CLI
To create additional Virtual Ethernet adapters you must use the VIOS command line:
 Log into VIOS with padmin or another administrator user ID.
VIOS always has partition ID 1 when IVM is used, and by default carries the serial number of the
blade as a name.
To display the current names and IDs of all existing partitions, use te following command:
 lssyscfg -r lpar -F "name,lpar_id"
To display which virtual slots have been already been used, by partition and adapter, use:
 lshwres -r virtualio --rsubtype slot --level slot (notice the double dashes)
 The type of adapter is shown on the middle of each line. The slot numbers are
shown at the beginning of each line.
If the IBM i partition is not activated, refer to the following example that adds a new Virtual
Ethernet adapter to IBM i partition “test,”, in slot 5, is not IEEE 802.1Q enabled (it does not
support VLAN tagging), has a port virtual LAN ID (PVID) of 50, no additional virtual LAN IDs, it is
not a trunk adapter, and is required.
 chsyscfg -r prof -i "name=test,virtual_eth_adapters=5/0/50///1"
If the IBM i partition is running, refer to the following example to add a virtual Ethernet adapter to
partition 4 in virtual slot 5 with VLAN tags on VLAN 212 and VLAN 313:
 chhwres -r virtualio --rsubtype eth -o a --id 4 -s 5 -a
port_vlan_id=2,ieee_virtual_eth=1,\"addl_vlan_ids=212,313\"
For other examples of configuring VE adapters with tagged VLANs see:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1010975 or
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1012722