Hi CL Martinez vPF_Ring is EOL, we will introduce a new product for VMs soon (in a few days/weeks), with better performance, easier to configure, and more flexible. Do you think you can wait? Stay tuned.
Alfredo On Sep 25, 2013, at 9:27 PM, carlopmart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > After reading vPF_Ring userguide, i have some doubts about how to > implement it in a KVM host with three vm guests. > > First of all, my current scenario: > > - CentOS 6.4 x86_64 (fully patched) in a HP ProLiant with 32 GiB RAM, > 16 cores and a dual broadcomm nic (tg3) in a PCi-x bus. > > - Three CentOS 6.4 x86_64 virtual guests (fully patched) running > bro-ids, suricata and snort (only one per guest). > > Ok, as you can see, my first problem is with dual broadcomm nic: I can > not to configure pci-passthrough for these guests, and I have more > guests than physical nics (I can use only one nic for sniff traffic), > then could this be a problem?? And can I configure pf_ring to bind it > only to one nic instead of both?? > > Next. According to userguide I need to install pf_ring in kvm host and > to patch qemu. Is it necessary to patch in latest qemu versions released > by RedHat?? This can be a big problem to maintain qemu packages in > RHEL-based distros ... > > last question from kvm host side: Is it recommended to configure port > mirroring using tc utils to mirror traffic from physical nic?? maybe it > is a stupid question :)) > > > From the guest side: Is it not needed to install pf_ring module in kvm > guest?? Do I need to install vnplug module and pf_ring library only?? Is > it ok to use virtio-net drivers in guests nics or is it best to use e1000?? > > Many thanks. > > -- > CL Martinez > carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc _______________________________________________ Ntop-misc mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
