Network virtualization in Oracle Solaris 11.1 is an OS provisioned mechanism that decouples the virtual network from the underlying physical network. A virtual network, also called an internal network, is therefore a pseudo network that only uses the physical network as an IP backplane. Although a pseudo network, the virtual network offers the same capabilities as that of a physical network and much more, such as hardware independence and scaling. Being an OS supported technique; virtual networks are programmatically created and configured.

This scenario-based demonstration illustrates how to use the basic building blocks of network virtualization (such as VNICs, virtual switches, etherstubs, and routing functionality) to consolidate a distributed computing environment.

This demo is the first part of Configuring a virtual network demo series based on Solaris 11.1 OS.