On February 29, 2024 11:41 am, Stefan Hanreich wrote: > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hanreich <s.hanre...@proxmox.com> > --- > pve-network.adoc | 15 +++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/pve-network.adoc b/pve-network.adoc > index d1ec64b..a5ad9b4 100644 > --- a/pve-network.adoc > +++ b/pve-network.adoc > @@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ page contains the complete format description. All {pve} > tools try hard to keep > direct user modifications, but using the GUI is still preferable, because it > protects you from errors. > > -A 'vmbr' interface is needed to connect guests to the underlying physical > -network. They are a Linux bridge which can be thought of as a virtual switch > -to which the guests and physical interfaces are connected to. This section > -provides some examples on how the network can be set up to accomodate > different > -use cases like redundancy with a xref:sysadmin_network_bond['bond'], > +A bridge interface (commonly called 'vmbrX') is needed to connect guests to > the > +underlying physical network. They are a Linux bridge which can be thought > of as
both pre-existing, but while we are here: doubled space before the 'They' "*A* bridge interface .. *They* are.." I'd just combine the two? A Linux bridge interface .. . It can be though .. > +a virtual switch to which the guests and physical interfaces are connected > to. also pre-existing: the first 'to' here can go IMHO ;) a virtual switch which the .. are connected to. > +This section provides some examples on how the network can be set up to > +accomodate different use cases like redundancy with a > +xref:sysadmin_network_bond['bond'], > xref:sysadmin_network_vlan['vlans'] or > xref:sysadmin_network_routed['routed'] and > xref:sysadmin_network_masquerading['NAT'] setups. > @@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ We currently use the following naming conventions for > device names: > scheme is used for {pve} hosts which were installed before the 5.0 > release. When upgrading to 5.0, the names are kept as-is. > > -* Bridge names: `vmbr[N]`, where 0 ≤ N ≤ 4094 (`vmbr0` - `vmbr4094`) > +* Bridge names: Commonly `vmbr[N]`, where 0 ≤ N ≤ 4094 (`vmbr0` - > `vmbr4094`), > +but you can use any alphanumeric string that starts with a character and is > at > +most 10 characters long. > > * Bonds: `bond[N]`, where 0 ≤ N (`bond0`, `bond1`, ...) _______________________________________________ pve-devel mailing list pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-devel