Hi,

Can we assign two same type PCI pass-through devices (Ethernet cards) to 2
different VM instances separately? Please note that, both the cards have
same vendor_id and product_id.


I configured it in pci_passthrough_whitelist and create two different
pci_alias (Say a1 and a2). Modified the Nova flavor to use a1 by VM1 and
VM2. Followed the procedures mentioned at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Virtualization_Administration_Guide/chap-Guest_virtual_machine_device_configuration.html


With this edited xml files of both the instances (after shutting down).
Added a device entry in the <source> section to assign the PCI device to
the guest virtual machine. and accordingly configured domain, bus, slot and
function. Restarted the VMs using #virsh start command. Made an Query pci
device in nova DB and found that two Ethernet PCI devices have been
assigned to single VM.


Please correct me if I am wrong.


Regards,

Chinmaya
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