I have a server running Centos 5.2 as a Xen host. A problem that's shown up recently is that at boot, the dom0 interface eth0 doesn't come up properly, with the result that the host is only accessible via remote console. If I execute 'service network restart', eth0 comes up normally, with an IP address and the correct routing.
Three guests have been created via virt-manager and I haven't changed any of the defaults, so I'm not sure what's causing this.
Here's ifconfig output after boot:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1308 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:1308 (1.2 KiB)
peth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:31844 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:4639017 (4.4 MiB) TX bytes:4898 (4.7 KiB) Interrupt:16 Memory:da000000-da012100
vif0.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:31489 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6891 (6.7 KiB) TX bytes:4490222 (4.2 MiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:16250 (15.8 KiB)
xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:31060 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:4035093 (3.8 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
and again once I've restarted networking and have a guest running:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:C9:CD:C7:0A inet addr:10.99.91.151 Bcast:10.99.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21e:c9ff:fecd:c70a/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:15836 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:10303 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:2136620 (2.0 MiB) TX bytes:33113077 (31.5 MiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:6676 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6676 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:33006844 (31.4 MiB) TX bytes:33006844 (31.4 MiB)
peth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:63781 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:27001 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:9142626 (8.7 MiB) TX bytes:34301305 (32.7 MiB) Interrupt:16 Memory:da000000-da012100
tap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr F2:C4:14:A0:43:50 inet6 addr: fe80::f0c4:14ff:fea0:4350/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:26853 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:442 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:25995823 (24.7 MiB)
tap1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 96:9D:94:41:A1:C9 inet6 addr: fe80::949d:94ff:fe41:a1c9/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:26851 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:443 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:25995669 (24.7 MiB)
vif0.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:10327 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:63318 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:33119968 (31.5 MiB) TX bytes:8871385 (8.4 MiB)
vif1.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF UP BROADCAST NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:32 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
vif1.1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8820 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:32 RX bytes:1584 (1.5 KiB) TX bytes:24001390 (22.8 MiB)
virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:35 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:10384 (10.1 KiB)
xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 96:9D:94:41:A1:C9 UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:53695 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:6909244 (6.5 MiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)