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Re: [Xen-API] Help to describe VIF,Network,PIF

from [Mike Dickson]

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To:	vikram ranabhatt <lok.vikram@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-API] Help to describe VIF,Network,PIF
From:	Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@xxxxxx>
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2008 07:41:43 -0500
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Take a look in the xenapi doc directory.  The document there should
explain all these terms well.  

In windows terms the only thing relevant is a VIF which will look like a
phsyical NIC in the guest VM.  The rest are plubming in Dom0.

Mike

On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 05:18 +0000, vikram ranabhatt wrote:
> hi all,
>  
> can anybody please help me undestood these terminolgy in terms window.
> 1. VIF
> 2. Network3.
> 3. PIF
>  
> getHostAdapter--->-return the name of the host ethernet adapter
> getNetworkAdapters--->return enumerable collection of NIC attached to
> vit network
> getVirtualNetwork -----
> these are windows virtualserver function call
-- 
Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@xxxxxx>
ISS Software


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