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Chapter 19: Edge Virtual Bridging
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Chapter 19. Edge Virtual Bridging
The
802.1Qbg/Edge
Virtual
Bridging
(EVB)
is
an
emerging
IEEE
standard
for
allowing
networks
to
become
virtual
machine
(VM)
‐
aware.
EVB
bridges
the
gap
between
physical
and
virtual
network
resources.
The
IEEE
802.1Qbg
simplifies
network
management
by
providing
a
standards
‐
based
protocol
that
defines
how
virtual
Ethernet
bridges
exchange
configuration
information.
In
EVB
environments,
virtual
NIC
(vNIC)
configuration
information
is
available
to
EVB
devices.
This
information
is
generally
not
available
to
an
802.1Q
bridge.
Enterprise
NOS
EVB
features
are
compliant
with
the
IEEE
802.1Qbg
Authors
Group
Draft
0.2.
For
a
list
of
documents
on
this
feature,
see:
http://www.ieee802.org/1/pages/802.1bg.html
.
Enterprise
NOS
implementation
of
EVB
supports
the
following
protocols:
Virtual
Ethernet
Bridging
(VEB)
and
Virtual
Ethernet
Port
Aggregator
(VEPA):
VEB
and
VEPA
are
mechanisms
for
switching
between
VMs
on
the
same
hypervisor.
VEB
enables
switching
with
the
server,
either
in
the
software
(vSwitch),
or
in
the
hardware
(using
single
root
I/O
virtualization
capable
NICs).
VEPA
requires
the
edge
switch
to
support
“Reflective
Relay”—
an
operation
where
the
switch
forwards
a
frame
back
to
the
port
on
which
it
arrived
if
the
destination
MAC
address
is
on
the
same
port.
Edge
Control
Protocol
(ECP):
ECP
is
a
transport
protocol
that
operates
between
two
peers
over
an
IEEE
802
LAN.
ECP
provides
reliable,
in
‐
order
delivery
of
ULP
(Upper
Layer
Protocol)
PDUs
(Protocol
Data
Units).
Virtual
Station
Interface
(VSI)
Discovery
and
Configuration
Protocol
(VDP):
VDP
allows
hypervisors
to
advertise
VSIs
to
the
physical
network.
This
protocol
also
allows
centralized
configuration
of
network
policies
that
will
persist
with
the
VM,
independent
of
its
location.
EVB
Type
‐
Length
‐
Value
(TLV):
EVB
TLV
is
a
component
of
Link
Layer
Discovery
protocol
(LLDP)
‐
based
TLV
used
to
discover
and
configure
VEPA,
ECP,
and
VDP.
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