A
        long
        time
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I wrote four blog entries to describe the new network virtualization features that were in Solaris 11 Express:

• Part 1 introduced the concept of network virtualization and listed the basic virtual network elements.
• Part 2 expanded on the concepts and discussed the resource management features.
• Part 3 demonstrated the creation of some of these virtual network elements.
• Part 4 demonstrated the network resource controls.

I had planned a final entry that added virtual routers to the list of virtual network elements, but Jeff McMeekin wrote a paper that discuses the same features. That paper is available at OTN. And this Jeff can't write any better than that Jeff...

All of the features described in those blog entries and that paper are also available in Solaris 11. It is possible that some details have changed, but the vast majority of the content is unchanged.