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Note – The bandwidth shaping parameters in the VM profile are used by the hypervisor virtual switch software. To set bandwidth policies for individual VEs, see “VM Policy Bandwidth Control” on page 178.

Once configured, the VM profile may be assigned to a distributed VM group as shown in the following section.

Note – A VM profile is required before a distributed VM group may be configured. See “VM Profiles” on page 169 for details.

Once a VM profile is available, a distributed VM group may be initialized using the following configuration command:

RS G8124(config)# virt vmgroup <VM group number> profile <VM profile name>

Only one VM profile can be assigned to a given distributed VM group. To change the VM profile, the old one must first be removed using the following ISCLI configuration command:

RS G8124(config)# no virt vmgroup <VM group number> profile

Note – The VM profile can be added only to an empty VM group (one that has no VLAN, VMs, or port members). Any VM group number currently configured for a local VM group (see “Local VM Groups” on page 167) cannot be converted and must be deleted before it can be used for a distributed VM group.

Assigning Members

VMs, ports, and trunks may be added to the distributed VM group only after the VM profile is assigned. Group members are added, pre-provisioned, or removed from distributed VM groups in the same manner as with local VM groups (“Local VM Groups” on page 167), with the following exceptions:

VMs: VMs and other VEs are not required to be local. Any VE known by the virtualization management server can be part of a distributed VM group.

The VM group vlan option (see page 168) cannot be used with distributed VM groups. For distributed VM groups, the VLAN is assigned in the VM profile.

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Blade ICE G8124-E manual Initializing a Distributed VM Group, Assigning Members

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