[OpenIndiana-discuss] KVM in Zones && networking

[John D Groenveld]

In message <001f01d16dab$a65d69b0$f3183d10$@threetwo.co.uk>, "Jacques Hugo" wri
tes:
>	# zonecfg -z src export
>	create -b
>	set zonepath=/naspool/zones/src
>	set brand=ipkg
>	set autoboot=false
>	set ip-type=exclusive
>	add net
>	set physical=vnic1
>	end
>	add net
>	set physical=kvm1
>	end
>	add device
>	set match=/dev/kvm
>	end
>	add device
>	set match=/dev/zvol/rdsk/naspool/zones/src/kvm
>	end
>	add dataset
>	set name=naspool/zones/src/kvm
>	end	
>
>
>	I have 2 x vnics presented to it ... vnic1 for the Zone, and kvm1
>for the KVM
>
>	And this is what it looks like inside the Zone:
>
>	# dladm show-vnic
>	LINK         OVER         SPEED  MACADDRESS        MACADDRTYPE
>VID
>	vnic1        ?            1000   2:8:20:d8:ad:72   random
>0
>	kvm1         ?            1000   2:8:20:52:33:8e   random
>0
>
>	# ifconfig -a 
>	lo0: flags=2001000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,VIRTUAL>
>mtu 8232 index 1
>		inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 
>	vnic1: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500
>index 2
>	        inet 192.168.1.41 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>	        ether 2:8:20:d8:ad:72 
>		
>	You can see both NIC instances:
>	
>	# ls -l /dev/net/
>	total 0
>	crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys      265, 1024 Feb 21 18:24 kvm1
>	crw-rw-rw-   1 root     sys      265, 1005 Feb 21 18:20 vnic1

Your NGZ is correctly networked with vnic1?

>When the KVM starts, it *does not* plumb the vnic assigned to it (kvm1).
>Doing it manually it complains about the interface already in use.
>
>I have seen various documentation in the INET describing this to work
>perfectly, however I can't get the networking to work.  Any help
>appreciated.

I run my NGZ KVMs with VNICs over etherstubs but I doubt that
difference is your problem.

What's your NGZ KVM shell script?

John
groenveld at acm.org