I wanted to find out if and when there will be a network bridge mechanism for Xen and LDoms?
I know there are some Link Aggregation enhancements in S10 U5 that'll help to some degree. Specifically, what I'm looking to address are issues with IPMP on LDoms. Currently, we have to configure two physical NICs as VSWs (Virtual Switches), connect each guest domain to both VSWs, and configure IPMP in each guest domain. Due to the fact that link status is not propagated up the stack, probe based detection is required, so each guest domains needs atleast 3 IP's. This consumes a lot of IP space if you have a rack of servers for LDoms. Having a bridge driver that could sit ontop of IPMP or Link Aggregation in the control/service domain would be ideal. That would reduce the need for IPMP at the guest domain level. I'm not sure how things are accomplished on Xen, but I would imagine simliar issues. This is a question that comes up often when people are configuring LDoms, especially if they have used VMware. Thanks in advance for any info! Octave This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
