Learning OpenStack Networking - Third Edition

Creating the parent port

The first step to building a functional trunk is to first create the parent port. The parent port should be associated with a network that handles untagged traffic, in other words, the native VLAN. With the OpenStack client, create a port with the following attributes:

• Name: parent0
• Network: GREEN_NET

The following command can be used:

openstack port create --network GREEN_NET parent0

The output will resemble the following: