About this document

This Fabric Services System Connect Guide describes the Fabric Services System Connect solution (or "Connect"), which acts as a bridge between the Fabric Services System and different cloud environments.

This document is intended for network technicians, administrators, operators, service providers, and others who use the Fabric Services System.

Note:

This manual covers the current release and may also contain some content that will be released in later maintenance loads. See the Fabric Services System Release Notes for information about features supported in each load.

What's new

This section lists the changes that were made in this release.

Table 1. What's new in Release 23.8.4
Description Location
Updates to the OpenShift and Kubernetes plugin installation procedure regarding log management Installing the OpenShift and Kubernetes Plugin
Updated examples of OpenShift supporting objects OpenShift supporting objects and examples
Updated information regarding SriovNetwork and Network Attachment Definitions (NADs) Usage
Table 2. What's new in Release 23.8.1
Description Location
Kubernetes Operator: LAG/LACP Multihoming support LAG support
Kubernetes Operator: Dynamic SR-IOV support Dynamic-VF support for SRIOV
Kubernetes Operator: VLAN Trunk support (SR-IOV, MACVLAN, IPVLAN, HostDev) VLAN trunking support for IPVLAN, MACVLAN and SRIOV
VMware Plugin: Fabric Services System managed support using workload name and subnet name VMware Usage for Fabric Services System managed networks
Multi-region support The Connect core
Configurable allowed mode of operation
VMware Plugin - Untagged port group VMware plugin
CBIS CI/CD automation

Precautionary and information messages

The following are information symbols used in the documentation.

DANGER: Danger warns that the described activity or situation may result in serious personal injury or death. An electric shock hazard could exist. Before you begin work on this equipment, be aware of hazards involving electrical circuitry, be familiar with networking environments, and implement accident prevention procedures.
WARNING: Warning indicates that the described activity or situation may, or will, cause equipment damage, serious performance problems, or loss of data.
Caution: Caution indicates that the described activity or situation may reduce your component or system performance.
Note: Note provides additional operational information.
Tip: Tip provides suggestions for use or best practices.

Conventions

Commands use the following conventions

  • Bold type indicates a command that the user must enter.
  • Input and output examples are displayed in Courier text.
  • An open right angle bracket indicates a progression of menu choices or simple command sequence (often selected from a user interface). Example: start > connect to
  • Angle brackets (< >) indicate an item that is not used verbatim. For example, for the command show ethernet <name>, name should be replaced with the name of the interface.
  • A vertical bar (|) indicates a mutually exclusive argument.
  • Square brackets ([ ]) indicate optional elements.
  • Braces ({ }) indicate a required choice. When braces are contained within square brackets, they indicate a required choice within an optional element.
  • Italic type indicates a variable.

Examples use generic IP addresses. Replace these with the appropriate IP addresses used in your system.