On Sat, 17 Jan 2009, Ram Mohan wrote: > Has anybody successfully configure a second service domain apart from the > control domain on T5440 or any machine that support split-pci configuration. > > For me the issue I have is regarding the device names. > How do I add devices that belong to the second service domain if the > configuration is done in control domain and how is the device name recognized > by the control domain. If recognized would not there be a naming conflict > between the primary service domain and the alternate service domain. > > 1.Network Virtulization -- Before PCI split, the control/primary domain > has nxge0-nxge7 network interfaces(I do have quad NIC along with 4 > internal ethernets). After the PCI split, the nxge0-nxge3 belong to the > primary domain, and nxge4-nxge7 belong to the second service domain. > However, inside both domains the network interfaces simply start from > nxge0 to nxge3. So what interface name should I use to virtualize the > network services from both the service domains and and how does the > control domain recognize and resolve the device naming conflicts.
The switch is configured per domain, so you would add a vswitch for the second service domain with the appropriate local name for the second service domain. There would be no conflict to resolve. -- Dave
