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Mustapha Gbogboade posted Wed October 08, 2025 07:05 AM

How would you configure the WPARs' network to meet the security requirement of preventing inter-WPAR communication while maintaining global LPAR management access?

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Anas AlSaleh

Hi

create isolated virtual networks for each WPAR using dedicated virtual Ethernet adapters assigned to each WPAR, then use a firewall on the global LPAR to manage communication.

  • Assign Dedicated Virtual Adapters: Create a separate virtual Ethernet adapter for each WPAR.
  • Assign Adapters to WPARs: Use the mkwpar command with the -D (device) option to directly assign each dedicated virtual adapter to its corresponding WPAR. This ensures each WPAR has its own network interface and doesn't share a common network segment with other WPARs

Thank you 

Anas