Interfaces Menu
VDS Setup
The first option in the interfaces menu is a sub-menu for configuring the virtual distribution system. Selecting this sub-menu will provide you with the option to create a new VDS, as well as a list of VDS adapters found.
If VDS adapters exist, they will display summary information including what mode they are configured in (server or client), their status (active or inactive), the MTU settings, number of assigned IPs, and bridge group assignments. Selecting a VDS adapter will provide another sub-menu with options to reconfigure the device, change ip assignments, view the beacon realtime traffic monitor, or delete the device.
When create new VDS is selected, a dialog box will be provided for the configuration settings. These settings are discussed below. After configuring a VDS device, the configuration dialog can be re-opened and the settings can be changed by choosing "reconfigure this device" under the appropriate VDS device.
VDS devices can be assigned IP addresses and placed within bridge groups with the IP assignments dialog box, in the same manner as ethernet and wireless pci devices. Beacon realtime traffic monitor is only available for active VDS devices, and will provide the traffic information for the bridge group the VDS is a member of, if applicable.
VDS Options
A VDS adapter can be given a user-configured name from vds1 to vds20. All other names will be rejected by the configuration software.
The VDS adapter can be enabled or disabled with a checkbox within the configuration dialog box. In addition, the user can select whether the adapter is operating in the role of master or client.
Each VDS adapter must have a profile name and password defined. This name and password must match for all partners in a VDS link.
A VDS adapter can have CBQ settings configured. It is possible to have one CBQ rule on the master VDS adapter that will be shared among all connected clients and individual, different CBQ rules for client VDS adapters. In such case, the more binding CBQ restriction will take effect. For example, consider a server which is configured with a 1Mbit download limit and has five clients each configured with 256Kbit download limits. If any one client is downloading a file, its traffic will be restricted to 256Kbit. If all five clients download files at the same time, the total bandwidth will be restricted to 1Mbit, causing each client to be restricted to 200Kbit, despite their higher individual limits.
A VDS adapter operating in the master role can be configured to use compression (levels 1 to 9 are the selectable options), AES encryption, and keep alive.
A VDS adapter operating in the client role must be configured with the IP of the master they are connecting to.
VLAN Setup
Virtual LAN interfaces, or VLANs, can be used to separate traffic from two or more networks that is running on the same wired or wireless network.
A VLAN can be defined with a TagID from 0 to 4094, although it is recommended to not use 0 or 1 if Cisco equipment is present on the network.
Each VLAN must be attached to a physical device in the system, either an ethernet port (ether1, ether2, etc.) or a wireless port (wpci1, wpci2, etc.).
Configuration options are available to reorder headers and to change the MAC address of information flowing across a VLAN. The options are only recommended in cases where there is a specific reason to do so (such as enabling reorder header if DHCP leases are not working properly on the VLAN).