[OmniOS-discuss] vlan and vnic

[Michael Rasmussen]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 02:43:54 -0400
Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:

> 
> Functionally as far as VLANs go, they are equivalent. However, VNICs make things more flexible.
> 
> VNICs can consume a aggregated set of physical interfaces, or a single physical interface. VNICs in turn can be assigned to Zones.
Another feature in vnic not available in vlan is that a vnic can be
assigned a mac which can come in handy. A vlan cannot be assigned a mac
so I assume a vlan inherits the mac from the link.

Given all this I have a hard time to find any pros for vlans compared
to vnics.

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