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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=ES-MX link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Hi again,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Just to let know that I solved the issue. After some troubleshooting i could notice the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>The vnet0 (virtual network adapter for my Windows 2K03 VM) was into the virbr0 bridge so that’s why when I configured the VM host with my valid IP address I could not get connectivity between hosts. So once time I deleted the vnet0 interface from virbr0 bridge, and add it to the br0 bridge “Voila” the connectivity start working.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>[root@himalaya ~]# brctl show<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>br0 8000.00269e825538 no eth0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>virbr0 8000.525400edecc7 yes virbr0-nic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> vnet0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>(delete interface vnet0 from virbr0 bridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'># brctl delif virbr0 vnet0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>(add interface vnet0 from virbr0 bridge)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'># brctl addif br0 vnet0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Thnk you very much for patience, and you time to get reply to my thread.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>RR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'>De:</span></b><span lang=ES style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'> centos-virt-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org] <b>En nombre de </b>Zoltan Frombach<br><b>Enviado el:</b> lunes, 09 de junio de 2014 03:44 p.m.<br><b>Para:</b> Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS<br><b>Asunto:</b> Re: [CentOS-virt] Network Bridgeing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I didn't know you were using a DHCP server... Can you set a static IP on your Windows guest instead? ( With the configuration I suggested. )<br>I believe that would solve your problem.<br><br>In my host I do not have a virbr0 bridge, I only have br0<br>So probably you should remove virbr0<br>Same goes for eth0:1 which should be removed. ( Do not create an alias interface on eth0 if you make it belong to br0 )<br><br>Also, you should add (or change)<br>NM_CONTROLLED=no<br>in both your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 files.<br><br>I do have ipv6 completely disabled in my host config which you can achieve by adding<br>IPV6INIT=no<br>IPV6_AUTOCONF=no<br>lines to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 files<br><br>As an example, here is my working /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file:<br><br>DEVICE=eth0<br>BOOTPROTO=none<br>ONBOOT=yes<br>NM_CONTROLLED=no<br>TYPE=Ethernet<br>HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx <= your physical NIC's MAC goes here<br>BRIDGE=br0<br>USERCTL=no<br>IPV6INIT=no<br>IPV6_AUTOCONF=no<br><br>and my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 file:<br><br>DEVICE=br0<br>BOOTPROTO=static<br>ONBOOT=yes<br>NM_CONTROLLED=no<br>TYPE=Bridge<br>IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <= the IP you want to use for your host goes here<br>NETMASK=255.255.255.xxx <= your netmask goes here<br>GATEWAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <= your gateway goes here<br>DNS1=8.8.8.8<br>DNS2=8.8.4.4<br>PEERDNS=yes<br>DELAY=0<br>STP=off<br>USERCTL=no<br>IPV6INIT=no<br>IPV6_AUTOCONF=no<br><br>And I set a static IP in Windows, for DNS I use Google Public DNS:<br>( <a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using">https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using</a> )<br><br>8.8.8.8<br>8.8.4.4<br><br>In Virtual Machine Manager, my Windows guest's NIC is configured as<br>Network Source: Specify shared device name<br> Bridge Name: br0<br>Device model: virtio<br>MAC address: Here I have an auto generated unique MAC address to be used for this VM only!<br><br>In Windows, install the latest virtio drivers which you can download from here:<br><a href="http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers">http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers</a><br><br>Zoltan<span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 6/9/2014 9:38 PM, Ing. Ramon Resendiz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Zoltan,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I did the eth0 bridge to br0. As you explain i did the assignment the ip from eth0 to the br0 interface. And is working I could ping between interface from IP eth0 (br0) to VM and from VM to IP eth0. As well I tried to configure my VM with the valid IP address and the connectivity loss until I get back to the original configuration (dhcp).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Here is my ifconfig output</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9E:XX:XX:XX</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet addr:208.66.XX.XX Bcast:208.66.XX.XX Mask:255.255.255.248</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet6 addr: fe80::226:9eff:fe82:5538/64 Scope:Link</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:8096 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:10438 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:629208 (614.4 KiB) TX bytes:6818121 (6.5 MiB)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9E:XX:XX:XX</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet6 addr: fe80::226:9eff:fe82:5538/64 Scope:Link</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:6768417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:1952736 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:9696354264 (9.0 GiB) TX bytes:305746274 (291.5 MiB)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> Memory:df6e0000-df700000</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>eth0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9E:XX:XX:XX</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> Memory:df6e0000-df700000</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9E:XX:XX:XX</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> Memory:df660000-df680000</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>lo Link encap:Local Loopback</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:312493 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:312493 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:188275585 (179.5 MiB) TX bytes:188275585 (179.5 MiB)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:ED:EC:C7</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:67131 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:110832 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:4087482 (3.8 MiB) TX bytes:163016646 (155.4 MiB)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>vnet0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:54:00:85:AE:AF</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> inet6 addr: fe80::fc54:ff:fe85:aeaf/64 Scope:Link</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX packets:2735 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> TX packets:54661 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> collisions:0 txqueuelen:500</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> RX bytes:292355 (285.5 KiB) TX bytes:2884496 (2.7 MiB)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Here is my brctrl show:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>br0 8000.00269e825538 no eth0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>virbr0 8000.525400edecc7 yes virbr0-nic</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> vnet0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Here is my vm network config (Windows Server 2003 Standard x64)</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Windows IP Configuration</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>DHCP: Yes</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>IP Address: 192.168.122.77</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Default Gateway: 192.168.122.1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>DHCP Server: 192.168.122.1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>DNS Server: 192.168.122.1</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'>De:</span></b><span lang=ES style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'> <a href="mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org">centos-virt-bounces@centos.org</a> [<a href="mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org">mailto:centos-virt-bounces@centos.org</a>] <b>En nombre de </b>Zoltan Frombach<br><b>Enviado el:</b> lunes, 09 de junio de 2014 01:03 a.m.<br><b>Para:</b> Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS<br><b>Asunto:</b> Re: [CentOS-virt] Network Bridgeing</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You need to add eth0 to the bridge (br0) which you already did. But do NOT assign an IP address to eth0. Instead, assign the host's IP to br0.<br>Then just use another of your IPs for your VM (which can also be called eth0 inside your VM).<br>This way your host and your VM(s) can communicate with each other via the bridge.<br><br>Note: If you want to use more than one IP address to access your host, then create alias interfaces on the host for the bridge such as br0:0, br0:1, etc.<br>Do not create alias interfaces on eth0. Also do not create an alias interface on your host for the IP(s) which you'll be using inside your VM(s).<br><br>I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 6/9/2014 2:30 AM, Ing. Ramon Resendiz wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have the following issue i recently installed a VM with qemu and libvirtd, everything is almost ok. The problem is that i have 5 usable IP address (valid ip address on internet) for eth0, and i want to use one of this IP for my VM (Windows 2008 Standard R2 by the way). I did the bridge between my eth0 and br0, the VM could browse into internet and download patches, etc. etc. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I tried to use a networking alias, this is the network interface eth0 assign a IP address and for the eth0:1 assign other IP address, and this bridged to the br0 instead of eth0 to eth0:1; after restart the network service the connectivity lost, and then get in back the original configuration everything seems to work again. But my goal is not archived.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Goal:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>eth0 must have a valid ip address to be accesed, eth0:1 (bridged to br0) must have a valid address to be assigned to the VM. Through iptables assign ACL to each IP address (valid IP address) depending of the services to host (web server and db server, rdp host) and between interfaces could be possible to communicate between them (virtual host and virtual machine).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>eth0: Virtual Host</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>eth0:1: Virtual machine (bridged to br0)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you very much for you time.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>RR</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br><br><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>CentOS-virt mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:CentOS-virt@centos.org">CentOS-virt@centos.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>CentOS-virt mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:CentOS-virt@centos.org">CentOS-virt@centos.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:ES-MX'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>