<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="task" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Step 1: Enable the logical partitions to participate in a virtual Ethernet" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzai2nat.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rzai2natcreatevethlind.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="../experience/consolidationabstract.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="natenableveth" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Step 1: Enable the logical partitions to participate in a virtual Ethernet</title> </head> <body id="natenableveth"><a name="natenableveth"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Step 1: Enable the logical partitions to participate in a virtual Ethernet</h1> <div><div class="section"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />If you are setting up a virtual Ethernet on a 5<em>xx</em> model server, see <a href="../icbase/iphat/iphatvirtualetherneti5os.htm">Virtual Ethernet for i5/OS™ logical partitions</a> in the IBM<sup>®</sup> Systems Hardware Information Center for the instructions.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div> <p>To enable virtual Ethernet, follow these steps:</p> </div> <ol><li><span>On the command line on the primary partition (partition A), type <kbd class="userinput">STRSST</kbd>, and then press Enter.</span></li> <li><span>Type your service tools user ID and password.</span></li> <li><span>From the System Service Tools (SST) panel, select option 5 (Work with System Partitions).</span></li> <li><span>From the Work with System Partitions panel, select option 3 (Work with partition configuration).</span></li> <li><span>Press F10 (Work with Virtual Ethernet).</span></li> <li><span>Type <kbd class="userinput">1</kbd> in the appropriate column for partition A and partition B to enable the partitions to communicate with one another over virtual Ethernet.</span></li> <li><span>Exit System Service Tools (SST) to return to the command line.</span></li> </ol> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzai2nat.htm" title="You can use i5/OS packet filtering to route traffic between a partition and the outside network.">Network address translation method</a></div> <div class="nextlink"><strong>Next topic:</strong> <a href="rzai2natcreatevethlind.htm">Step 2: Create the Ethernet line descriptions</a></div> </div> <div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br /> <div><a href="../experience/consolidationabstract.htm">Consolidating i5/OS, AIX®, and Linux® partitions on your IBM eServer™ i5 system</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>