Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-07-03 Thread Christian Benvenuti (benve)
-Original Message- From: sendmail [mailto:justsendmailnothinge...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Laine Stump Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 10:36 PM To: Christian Benvenuti (benve) Cc: Libvirt Subject: Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3 On 06/16/2011 09:56

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-07-03 Thread Laine Stump
On 07/03/2011 03:42 PM, Christian Benvenuti (benve) wrote: -Original Message- From: sendmail [mailto:justsendmailnothinge...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Can this (the fact that the desired mode of operation will not allow for sharing of interfaces) be determined absolutely from the existing

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-07-02 Thread Laine Stump
On 06/16/2011 09:56 PM, Christian Benvenuti (benve) wrote: Laine Stump wrote: Interface Pools --- In many cases, a single host network may have multiple physical network devices associated with it (especially in the case of an SRIOV-capable ethernet card, which will have several

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-21 Thread Neil Wilson
The current modes are: forward layer='network' mode='route|nat'/ (in addition to not listing any mode, which equates to isolated) Here are suggested new modes: Has anybody considered the migration requirements of networks in this new layout? If you move a machine attached to a

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-21 Thread Laine Stump
On 06/21/2011 05:06 AM, Neil Wilson wrote: The current modes are: forward layer='network' mode='route|nat'/ (in addition to not listing any mode, which equates to isolated) Here are suggested new modes: Has anybody considered the migration requirements of networks in this new layout? If you

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-17 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 08:29:08PM -0400, Laine Stump wrote: This is a followup to https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-April/msg00591.html (and an even earlier draft) which I alluded to here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-June/msg00383.html Network

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-17 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 04:40:19PM +0200, Gerhard Stenzel wrote: On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 20:29 -0400, Laine Stump wrote: !-- A macvtap passthrough connection (one guest interface per dev) -- network namered-network/name forward layer='link' mode='passthrough' dev='eth10'/ interface

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-16 Thread Oved Ourfalli
See my comments inline. Thank you, Oved - Original Message - From: Laine Stump la...@laine.org To: Libvirt libvir-list@redhat.com Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 3:29:08 AM Subject: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3 This is a followup to https

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-16 Thread Gerhard Stenzel
On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 20:29 -0400, Laine Stump wrote: ... II. Changes to network definition === ... He also suggested adding a new layer='network|link' attribute to forward. I'm not convinced that item is necessary (it seems redundant), but am including

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-16 Thread Gerhard Stenzel
On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 20:29 -0400, Laine Stump wrote: !-- A macvtap passthrough connection (one guest interface per dev) -- network namered-network/name forward layer='link' mode='passthrough' dev='eth10'/ interface dev='eth10'/ interface dev='eth11'/ interface dev='eth12'/ interface

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-16 Thread Stefan Berger
On 06/12/2011 08:29 PM, Laine Stump wrote: This is a followup to https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-April/msg00591.html (and an even earlier draft) which I alluded to here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-June/msg00383.html Network device abstraction aka

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-16 Thread Christian Benvenuti (benve)
...@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Laine Stump Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:29 PM To: Libvirt Subject: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3 This is a followup to https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-April/msg00591.html (and an even earlier draft) which I alluded

[libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-12 Thread Laine Stump
This is a followup to https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-April/msg00591.html (and an even earlier draft) which I alluded to here: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-June/msg00383.html Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

Re: [libvirt] Network device abstraction aka virtual switch - V3

2011-06-12 Thread Laine Stump
On 06/12/2011 08:29 PM, Laine Stump wrote: * Does anyone have better names for brctl-bridge and macvtap-bridge? How about using direct instead of macvtap-bridge, and direct-private, direct-vepa, and direct-passthrough for private, vepa, and passthrough? I still can't think of anything