Advanced vRouter Kernel Mode Configurations

In addition to the standard NIC configuration, the vRouter kernel mode supports the following modes:

• vlan
• bond
• bond + vlan

The snippets below only shows the relevant section of the NIC configuation.

NIC template configurations

VLAN

- type: vlan
  vlan_id:
    get_param: TenantNetworkVlanID
  device: nic2
- type: contrail_vrouter
  name: vhost0
  use_dhcp: false
  members:
    -
      type: interface
      name:
        str_replace:
          template: vlanVLANID
          params:
            VLANID: {get_param: TenantNetworkVlanID}
      use_dhcp: false
  addresses:
  - ip_netmask:
      get_param: TenantIpSubnet

Bond

- type: linux_bond
  name: bond0
  bonding_options: "mode=4 xmit_hash_policy=layer2+3"
  use_dhcp: false
  members:
   -
     type: interface
     name: nic2
   -
     type: interface
     name: nic3
- type: contrail_vrouter
  name: vhost0
  use_dhcp: false
  members:
    -
      type: interface
      name: bond0
      use_dhcp: false
  addresses:
  - ip_netmask:
      get_param: TenantIpSubnet

Bond + VLAN

- type: linux_bond
  name: bond0
  bonding_options: "mode=4 xmit_hash_policy=layer2+3"
  use_dhcp: false
  members:
   -
     type: interface
     name: nic2
   -
     type: interface
     name: nic3
- type: vlan
  vlan_id:
    get_param: TenantNetworkVlanID
  device: bond0
- type: contrail_vrouter
  name: vhost0
  use_dhcp: false
  members:
    -
      type: interface
      name:
        str_replace:
          template: vlanVLANID
          params:
            VLANID: {get_param: TenantNetworkVlanID}
      use_dhcp: false
  addresses:
  - ip_netmask:
      get_param: TenantIpSubnet<Paste>