[xen-discuss] several questions (initiation)

[David Edmondson]

On 9 Nov 2009, at 5:40pm, Tommy McNeely wrote:
> *** Next question: also in virt-manage, I tried to remove and re-add  
> the network on the proper vnic, but its greyed out. I tried to add  
> it with virsh, but it really doesnt like me:
>
> neoga# virsh help attach-interface
>  NAME
>    attach-interface - attach network interface
>
>  SYNOPSIS
>    attach-interface <domain> <type> <source> [<target>] [<mac>]  
> [<script>] [--capped-bandwidth <string>] [--vlanid <number>]
>
>  DESCRIPTION
>    Attach new network interface.
>
>  OPTIONS
>    <domain>         domain name, id or uuid
>    <type>           network interface type
>    <source>         source of network interface
>    <target>         target network name
>    <mac>            MAC address
>    <script>         script used to bridge network interface
>    --capped-bandwidth <string>  bandwidth limit for this interface
>    --vlanid <number>  VLAN ID attached to this interface
>
>
> neoga# virsh attach-interface neoga-test1 ethernet aggr0 --vlanid 634
> error: No support ethernet in command 'attach-interface'
>
> neoga# virsh attach-interface neoga-test1 vif aggr0 --vlanid 634
> error: No support vif in command 'attach-interface'
>
> neoga# virsh attach-interface neoga-test1 vif-vnic aggr0 --vlanid 634
> error: No support vif-vnic in command 'attach-interface'
>
> neoga# virsh attach-interface neoga-test1 vnic aggr0 --vlanid 634
> error: No support vnic in command 'attach-interface'
>
> ----- So? What do I put for type? I cant find a list of acceptable  
> types in the man pages, as with disks, I am sure I am just not  
> looking in the right place :)

bridge.

> *** Next question: I was able to presumably add it with "xm" but it  
> doesnt look like its bridged to aggr0 anymore?  The xm list -l  
> doesnt have the (bridge aggr0).
> neoga# xm network-attach neoga-test1 vlanid=634

If no bridge is specified it will attempt to guess (by looking at the  
output of dladm show-link).