[CentOS-virt] proper bridging technoque
aurfalien
aurfalien at gmail.com
Thu Nov 21 00:47:30 UTC 2013
On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Digimer wrote:
> On 20/11/13 19:25, aurfalien wrote:
>>
>> On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Digimer wrote:
>>
>>> On 20/11/13 19:04, aurfalien wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Wondering if this is the proper bridging technique to use for Centos6+KVM;
>>>>
>>>> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/KVM
>>>>
>>>> Before I embark on this again, I would like to do it by the book.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> - aurf
>>>
>>> Personally, I do this:
>>>
>>> https://alteeve.ca/w/2-Node_Red_Hat_KVM_Cluster_Tutorial#Configuring_The_Bridge
>>>
>>> It gives the VMs direct access to the outside network, as if they were
>>> normal servers. I've used this setup for years without issue under many
>>> different VMs with various OSes.
>>>
>>> cheers
>>
>> Many many thanks, will use it.
>>
>> Sounds like it will bode well concerning jumbo frames.
>>
>> - aurf
>
> Jumbo frames should be fine. I don't generally use it myself, but I have
> tested it with success. Just be sure to enable it on the bridge and
> slaved devices. Simply adding 'MTU="xxxx"' to each ifcfg-x file should
> be sufficient.
>
> --
> Digimer
Should I need to add a udev rule?
- aurf
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