[CentOS-virt] No eth0 in dom0 after installing xen

Tue Jul 16 06:19:17 UTC 2013
Gene <gh5046 at gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Mark Nejedlo <nejedlo at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just installed CentOS 6.4 an Xen on a new system, and eth0 is not found
> on dom0 when booting into Xen.  When I boot into the 2.6.32 kernel outside
> Xen my network interface is found, using the e1000e driver.  If I boot into
> Xen eth0 is not found, even if I modprobe the e1000e driver by hand.  My NIC
> is an Intel I217-V.
>
> Any suggestions for things I can do to get my network working inside Xen?

Is it finding any other eth devices? (eth1, eth2, etc)

Verify the MAC address in the
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file matches what you have
in the Xen configuration (xm list -l <hostname>).  If not then remove
it.

> Thanks,
> Mark

-Gene