Create a bridge using a tagged vlan (8021.q) interface, tagged8021.q

Create a bridge using a tagged vlan (8021.q) interface, tagged8021.q
SOLUTION VERIFIED

• A6l 27 2013 KB26727

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Issue

• How to create a bridge using a tagged vlan (8021.q) interface?

Resolution

• Create the VLAN interface (here using eth0)

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0DEVICE=eth0HWADDR=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XXONBOOT=yesUSERCTL=no# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0.# (Where # is the vlan ID)DEVICE=eth0.#ONPARENT=yesTYPE=EthernetVLAN=yesUSERCTL=noBRIDGE=br0

• If using DHCP,

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0DEVICE=br0TYPE=BridgeBOOTPROTO=dhcpONBOOT=yesDELAY=0

• If not using DHCP,

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0DEVICE=br0TYPE=BridgeBOOTPROTO=staticONBOOT=yesIPADDR=<IP>NETMASK=<SUBNET MASK>DELAY=0

• After modifying these files a restart of the network service is needed.

# service network restart