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Re: [Xen-users] RE: adding a second NIC

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 03:57:39PM -0500, joel.coopersmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Do I need to restart the xend service to make those changes take affect?

Yes, it is the easiest way.

> How will I see those changes to know they are working?

brctl show

> Then I assume to add them to each guest I modify the /etc/xen/guestname
> file by replacing the old vif info with the new device?

With the new bridge, to be correct.

> I see there is
> a MAC address in this same /etc/xen/guestname file that does not seem to
> correspond to anything in an ifconfig -a.  I am confused as to where
> this MAC comes from.

The MAC in the guest's config sets the guests's MAC, so you have to run
ifconfig in the corresponding domU.

Rainer

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