BIG-IP VE in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

[ Update: please check the article VMware vSphere to OpenShift Virtualization Migration with F5 BIG-IP and the companion github repository https://github.com/f5devcentral/f5-bd-openshift-virt-migrati...
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Nov 07, 2024

We look forward to migrate BIG-IP VE from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization, but we have 40 VLANs on the current BIG-IP VE. As it's stated max. 28 NICs are supported in BIG-IP VE, what other options do we have?

Currently we are using VLAN trunking/tagging in VMware.

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Nov 14, 2024

Hi Kay

Please check the followup/more comprehensive PDF attached in VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Migration | DevCentral

 

Trunking could be your option in OpenShift Virtualization as well:

"If VLAN trunking is required towards the VMs, a L2 configuration consisting of a NodeNetworkConfigurationPolicy linux-bridge and a NetworkAttachmentDefinition with cnv-bridge can be used."

Regards

 

      Ulises