Hello all, I wondered what is a Crossbow+VanityNaming way of doing some things I've done some time ago with static config files:
I have an installed OS image which can be booted on different hardware (say, a pass-through partition with OI that can be booted from hardware BIOS as a dual-boot option, as well as in a VM from another host OS on the box). In these different hardware environments this box sees varied networking gear - an rge0 in one case and an e1000g0 in another. I want the logical networking to be the same in these cases. So, previously for a singular global zone I made two files (/etc/hostname.e1000g0 and /etc/hostname.rge0) with identical contents, and the system plumbed the one "present" NIC with the needed addressing setup. Now I want to make some VNICs and configure some local zones with attachment to the external NIC (can play with both exclusive and shared IP stacks). I expected that "vanity naming" can help me in this case by naming "the present NIC" for example "eth0", and my zone and VNIC attachments would go over eth0. Should this work? Alternately, can I create an etherstub with several attached VNICs, including one with IP configuration for the global zone, and bridge it to external LAN via "the one present NIC" (i.e. by attaching both e1000g0 and rge0 instances to the etherstub)? Disclaimer: I did not yet try either variant, and am in the process of setting up the boot of physical OI from a VM in another OS, but wanted to know in advance what to expect ;) Thanks, //Jim _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
