i folks i want to create an xvm with some dedicated physical NIC's
the host is snv_126 (opensolaris) and the platform is an x4200 with 4 network interfaces. http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+xen/virtinstall says: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Configuring a dedicated NIC Specifying a network-setup script of vif-dedicated allows a guest to directly use a NIC on the host, without going through a VNIC. The NIC should not be configured on the host dom0. As of June 2009, it's not possible to configure this via virt-install. FIXME: explain how to set up --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...the last line isn't particularly helpful in a how-to guide. i've tried this (guest name is 'portal'): # virsh attach-interface portal network e1000g1 --script vif-dedicated but get: error: this function is not supported by the hypervisor: virNetworkLookupByName ...which doesn't help much i've also tried using this file (e1000g1.xml): <interface type='ethernet'> <mac address='00:14:4f:83:0f:a5'/> <script path='vif-dedicated'/> <target dev='vif-2.0'/> </interface> # virsh attach-device portal e1000g1.xml which appears to work but i get this on startup: # virsh start portal error: Failed to start domain portal error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Device 1 (vif) could not be connected. error: no NIC specified at backend/vif/13/1/bridge.') (so i't not detecting that that mac address is the physical interface in question) similarly if i do this: <interface type='ethernet'> <source bridge='e1000g1'/> <mac address='00:14:4f:83:0f:a5'/> <script path='vif-dedicated'/> <target dev='vif-2.0'/> </interface> i get this on startup: # virsh attach-device portal e1000g1.xml error: Failed to start domain portal error: POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err 'Device 1 (vif) could not be connected. error: no NIC specified at backend/vif/15/1/bridge.') .... so how do i specify a dedicated NIC for a guest? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ xen-discuss mailing list [email protected]
