[CentOS-virt] proper bridging technoque

Thu Nov 21 00:47:30 UTC 2013
aurfalien <aurfalien at gmail.com>

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