# [OmniOS-discuss] vlan and vnic

Michael Rasmussen mir at miras.org
Thu Sep 29 15:52:17 UTC 2016

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    On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 02:43:54 -0400
    Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:

    >
    > Functionally as far as VLANs go, they are equivalent. However, VNICs make things more flexible.
    >
    > VNICs can consume a aggregated set of physical interfaces, or a single physical interface. VNICs in turn can be assigned to Zones.
    Another feature in vnic not available in vlan is that a vnic can be
    assigned a mac which can come in handy. A vlan cannot be assigned a mac
    so I assume a vlan inherits the mac from the link.

    Given all this I have a hard time to find any pros for vlans compared
    to vnics.

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