[PVE-User] VLAN to VNI translation

Stefan Hanreich s.hanreich at proxmox.com
Mon Mar 17 09:05:40 CET 2025


Hi!

I've looked at this shortly on one of my test clusters and got a basic
setup running, but didn't get around to further looking into how to
integrate it.

Would it be possible for you to create an entry in Bugzilla [1] for
further discussion?

[1] https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/

On 3/15/25 12:03, Cyrus wrote:
> Hello!,
> 
> Before requesting something that might already be there...
> 
> Is it possible to translate a VNI to a VLAN towards a VM?.
> 
> Use case would be:
> 
> 1. Define various VNETs in a EVPN zone (might apply to a VXLAN zone too) as
> currently supported.
> 2. Define an optional VLAN tag for a VNET
> 3. Configure a port facing a VM as trunk (vlan aware?)
> 4. Deliver the VNETs as VLANs to the VM on that port.
> 
> I don't want to transport VLAN inside a VNI, I want to deliver VNETs as
> VLAN to a guest which will be handling VLAN tagging/untagging. All the
> transport between PVE VTEPs should be kept as is implemented today (VXLAN).
> 
> It would be VNI to VLAN translation or VNI/VLAN stitching + trunking
> towards a VM.
> 
> Expectations: adding as many new networks as required to a VM without
> adding a vNICs, with other VMs participating in such VNETs in access mode
> and without touching physical switches (VLAN zone)
> 
> Regards.
> Cyrus.
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