You may want to follow the instructions here:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Virtualiz...
I did - just completely ignored the iptables bits as my LAN boxes normally don't have a firewall. Turns out this one did :-O
On to autostarting vms and console access ...
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