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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Aug 20, 2025

We found a working NetworkAttachmentDefinition configuration for OpenShift without the need of additional linux-bridge(s). Here an example:

apiVersion: k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1
kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    description: example
    k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: bridge.network.kubevirt.io/os-core
  name: example
  namespace: example
spec:
  config: '{
    "name":"example",
    "type":"cnv-bridge",
    "cniVersion":"0.3.1",
    "bridge":"os-core",
    "macspoofchk":false,
    "ipam":{},
    "preserveDefaultVlan":false,
    "vlanTrunk": [ {"id": 120}, {"id": 130}, {"id": 140} ]
  }'