First post, so I'll begin thanking all folks that have contributed, one way or the other, to provide us such a great peace of software and such a comprehensive documentation. Really, thank you.
So, as a Sys/Net Admin wannabe, I'd like to create a virtual infrastructure on my WXP SP3 laptop (soon to be migrated to Ubuntu 9.04). The setup I'd like to build:
- will be made of several Linux & WXP guests
- should make extensive use of NIC aggregation (in linux guests at least)
- should make extensive use of VLANs to separate Admin/SAN/LAN Servers/Users PCs & TCs/VoIP/DMZ networks
- Network QoS should be managed on every network link
Basically here is the schema:
- { } are networks (VLANs actually, except for WWW)
- [ ] are hosts (VMs)
- <CSW> is the core switch and <SSW> is the Storage Switch
- all hosts network connections are bonded
{WWW} || || [RTR] || || <CSW>--------<SSW> || || ||---{USR} || || | || ||---{SRV}----|| || || ||---{VoIP}---||---[STG] || || ||---{DMZ}----|| || {SAN} ||---{ADM}[RTR] should be a Vyatta VM with two WAN connections on one side and a 2 NICs bonded VLAN trunk on the other
All VLANs should be 10.10.<VLANID>.0/24
{ADM} should only be reachable through an OpenVPN tunnel
Servers in {SRV}, {VoIP}, and {DMZ} should have
- one "Storage leg" in the SAN, connected to the SAN/NAS appliance (OpenFiler) through <SSW>
- one "Service leg" plugged in <CSW>
- Terminal servers should have another "Desktop leg" connected to {USR}
Up to now I have:
- installed VirtualBox,
- successfully converted Vyatta 5.02 (and OpenFiler 2.3) VMware images to OVF format using VMware's OVFTool 1.0.0,
- imported them in VirtualBox,
- setup RTR VM with 4 NICs, 2 "WAN" connection in NAT mode and 2 "INT" connections in internal networking mode
- made basic configuration of Vyatta
- configured one "WAN" connection
- configured bonded interface on the internal side
- configured VIF (VLAN interfaces) on top of bond0
And here come toubles ! Kernel messages telling me VLANs are not supported on bond0 interface. So got back to VirtualBox documentation and, searching in the forums, it seems like VLANs are not supported by interfaces/virtual switches created by Internal Networking mode. Next time, I'll double check, sworn !
So, before going any further, would you please, experimented VBoxers and Networking gurus around:
- Tell me if there is a way to build this setup with VirtualBox (using other NIC modes ?)
- Can this be achieved using a network simulation software like GNS3
- May I simply forget about VLANs for the moment waiting for VirtualBox to support it and configure as many IntNets as separate networks I need
By the way, if any of yall have any comment/criticism about the planned network in itself, please do
Thanks a lot in advance
JT