: Enable VLAN Access Mode with SR-IOV
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Enable VLAN Access Mode with SR-IOV

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Enable VLAN Access Mode with SR-IOV

Send and receive VLAN untagged traffic on SR-IOV interfaces on the VM-Series firewall on KVM.
The VM-Series firewalls on KVM can operate in VLAN access mode to support use cases where it is deployed as a virtual network function (VNF) that offers security-as-a-service in a multi-tenant cloud/data center environment. In VLAN access mode, each VNF has dedicated virtual network interfaces (VNIs) for each network and it sends and receives packets to/from SR-IOV virtual functions (VFs) without VLAN tags; you must enable this capability on the physical and virtual functions on the host hypervisor. When you, then enable VLAN access mode on the VM-Series firewall, the firewall can send and receive traffic without VLAN tags across all its dataplane interfaces. Additionally, if you configure QoS policies, the firewall can enforce QoS on the access interface and provide differentiated treatment of traffic in a multi-tenant deployment.
By default, the VM-Series firewall on KVM operates in VLAN trunk mode.
  1. On the host system, set up the physical and virtual function to operate in VLAN access mode.
    ip link set [inf_name] vf [vf_num] vlan [vlan_id]
    .
    For best performance on the VM-Series firewall, make sure to:
    • Disable Replay Protection, if you have configured IPSec Tunnels.
      On the firewall web interface, select
      Network
      IPSec Tunnels
      select an IPSec tunnel, and click
      General
      , and select
      Show Advanced Options
      and clear
      Enable Replay Protection
      .
  2. Access the CLI on the VM-Series firewall.
  3. Enable VLAN access mode.
    request plugins vm-series vlan-mode access-mode on
    on
    enables VLAN access mode; to use VLAN trunk mode, enter
    request plugins vm-series vlan-mode access-mode off
    .
  4. Reboot the firewall.
    Enter
    request restart system
    .
  5. Verify the VLAN mode configuration.
    show plugins vm-series vlan-mode

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