Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting conventions
    • Command syntax conventions
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Brocade resources
  • Contacting Brocade Technical Support
  • Document feedback
• Brocade Virtual ADX Overview
  • Brocade Virtual ADX features
  • Brocade Virtual ADX Interfaces
  • Typical deployment topologies
  • Tools supported on Virtual ADX
    • cURL
• Brocade Virtual ADX Installation on ESX host
  • Brocade Virtual ADX in the ESX host environment
  • Brocade Virtual ADX Prerequisites
    • Software
    • Hardware
  • Brocade Virtual ADX download
  • Brocade Virtual ADX installation
  • Brocade Virtual ADX installation validation
  • Additional interfaces
    • Adding and removing interfaces
    • Displaying interface information
  • TCP checksum offload
    • Hardware checksum offload process
    • Incoming packets
    • Outgoing packets
    • Enabling or disabling TCP checksum offload
  • Brocade Virtual ADX technical help
  • VMware tools
• Brocade Virtual ADX Installation on KVM Host
  • Brocade Virtual ADX in the KVM host environment
  • Configuration overview
  • Brocade Virtual ADX Prerequisites
    • Software
    • Hardware
  • Brocade Virtual ADX download
  • Installing Virtual ADX VM on KVM host
    • Installing Virtual ADX using virsh command
    • Installing Brocade Virtual ADX using Virtual Machine Manager GUI
    • Powering on the Brocade Virtual ADX
    • Shutting down the Brocade Virtual ADX
    • Configuring the guest OS IP address
  • Additional interfaces
    • Adding and removing interfaces
    • Displaying interface information
  • TCP checksum offload
    • Incoming packets
      • SR-IOV
      • Non SR-IOV
    • Outgoing packets
    • Enabling or disabling TCP checksum offload
• Brocade Virtual ADX Installation on Citrix XenServer
  • Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: overview
  • Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: prerequisites
    • System requirements
      • Hardware
      • Software
    • Configuration requirements
      • Enable e1000 vNICs on the XenServer system
  • Brocade Virtual ADX download
  • Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: installation
  • Brocade Virtual ADX on XenServer: installation validation
  • VLAN configuration using OpenvSwitch
    • Mapping a XenCenter Network to an ovs-bridge
    • Mapping XenCenter VM Virtual Interfaces to ovs-ports
    • Configuring VLANs
    • Displaying ovs-bridge and ovs-port information
    • Removing OVS ports
  • Additional interfaces
    • Adding and removing interfaces
    • Displaying interface information
  • TCP checksum offload
    • Incoming packets
    • Outgoing packets
    • Enabling or disabling TCP checksum offload
• Brocade Virtual ADX Basic Network Settings Configuration
  • Brocade Virtual ADX root password
    • Setting the root password
  • Brocade Virtual ADX management port IP address
  • Brocade Virtual ADX console access via Guest OS SSH
    • Configuring Brocade Virtual ADX managment port IP address
• Brocade Virtual ADX CLI Access
  • Overview
  • Accessing Brocade Virtual ADX
    • Hypervisor management software
    • Network access to the guest OS
    • Network access to Brocade Virtual ADX
  • Navigating a console CLI session
  • Single IP address for Management Port
  • Accessing Linux console from Brocade Virtual ADX Management Interface
  • Executing Linux application commands from Virtual ADX Management Interface
  • Linux console access command
  • Configuration Commands
  • Show commands
  • Notifications
• Brocade Virtual ADX Upgrade
  • Brocade Virtual ADX Upgrade
    • Upgrading Brocade Virtual ADX using a new OVA file
    • Upgrading Brocade Virtual ADX using existing binaries
    • Upgrading Brocade Virtual ADX using CLI and management port
    • Upgrading Brocade Virtual ADX using Linux console and management port
    • Copying the current configuration onto a new target virtual ADX VM
• Brocade Virtual ADX Server Load Balancing Deployments
  • Brocade Virtual ADX common SLB deployments and configurations
    • Server Load Balancing in One-arm topology without VLAN tagging
      • Deploying the Brocade Virtual ADX in the One-arm topology
      • Configuring SLB in One-arm topology without VLAN tagging
    • Server Load Balancing in One-arm topology with VLAN tagging
      • Deploying SLB in One-arm topology with VLAN tagging
      • Configuring SLB in One-arm topology with VLAN tagging
    • Server Load Balancing in In-line topology
      • Deploying SLB in In-line topology
      • Configuring SLB in an In-line topology
    • Server Load Balancing in Hot-Standby HA topology
      • Configuring SLB on the Active Brocade Virtual ADX
      • Configuring SLB on the Standby Brocade Virtual ADX
    • Global Server Load Balancing
• Brocade Virtual ADX Troubleshooting
  • Brocade Virtual ADX troubleshooting