hi tiantian,
 
i think i wrote you that already, but i had several problems with defining the bridge network onto the dom0. and I also believe it is much faster to define it directly onto the network stack. so I did then:
 
the [/etc/network/interfaces] script:
***
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
 
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        address         10.10.10.21
        netmask         255.255.255.0
        network         10.10.10.0
        broadcast       10.10.10.255
        gateway         10.10.10.1
        bridge_ports    eth0
        bridge_stp      on
        bridge_maxwait  0
 
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
        address         10.255.255.1
        netmask         255.255.255.0
        network         10.255.255.0
        broadcast       10.255.255.255
***
 
and at the domU script:
***
vif             = [ 'bridge=br0,mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx' ]
***
 
the [/etc/xen/xend-config.sxp] script:
***
(network-script 'network-bridge antispoof=yes')
(vif-script vif-bridge)
***
 
the [/etc/sysctl.conf] script to activate routing on startup:
***
kernel.domainname                       = local.net
#kernel.printk                          = 3 4 1 3
#net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter        = 1
#net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter            = 1
#net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies                = 1
net.ipv4.ip_forward                     = 1
net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding            = 1
#net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects     = 0
#net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects     = 0
#net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects       = 0
#net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route  = 0
#net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_source_route  = 0
#net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians         = 1
***
 
 
about your point 2), if there is no network, there is also no NFS (Network! File System) J
 
 
and my last point is, I always had serious problems with IOEMU. I don’t know if it is linked with my 1 year old hardware or if it is just too buggy. I left it everywhere away and it works for my J
 
thanks walter
 
 
 
 
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tiantian Liu
Sent: Dienstag, 2. August 2011 15:50
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] How to configure vif in Xen?
 
Hi
   I built Xen-4.2-unstable and kernel-2.6.32.40 on CentOS 5.5 successfully! I also implemented fault tolerance and high avaliability via remus under your advices!
   Thank you very much!
   But I got new problems:
  1. The vif of VM didn't work, when I start a new VM by command: "xm cr myvm.hvm", system returned message: "the <VM> does not exist".
     my VM's configuration file is:
     
   ernel = "hvmloader"
   builder='hvm'
   memory = 512
   name = "myvm"
   vcpus=4
   vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=eth0,mac=00:16:3e:3a:7a:dd' ]
   pae = 1
   acpi = 1
   apic = 1
   #disk = [ 'file:/home/xen/tpl/hvm/base.img,hda,w', 'file:/home/xen/tpl/hvm/CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
   disk = [ 'file:/home/xen/tpl/hvm/win.img,hda,w', 'file:/home/xen/tpl/hvm/windows-XP.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
&n! bsp;  device_model = 'qemu-dm'
   boot="cd"
   sdl = 0
   vnc = 1
   vnclisten = "0.0.0.0"
   stdvga = 0
   serial = "pty"
 
     if I deleted the "vif = [ 'type=ioemu, bridge=eth0,mac=00:16:3e:3a:7a:dd' ]" , the vm started successfully, but the VM could not access network.
     I have installed the bridge-utilty package properly.
     I checked the /val/log/message, it showed:
     
   Jul 29 04:04:34vnix06 kernel: [  205.540203] device vif1.0 entered promiscuous mode
   Jul 29 04:04:34 vnix06 kernel: [  205.545969] eth0: port 2(vif1.0) entering forwarding state
   Jul 29 04:04:34 vnix06 kernel: [  205.811565] eth0: port 2(vif1.0) entering disabled state
   Jul 29 04:04:34 vnix06 kernel: [  205.818948] device vif1.0 left promiscuous mode
   Jul 29 04:04:34 vnix06 kernel: [  205.818955] eth0: port 2(vif1.0) entering disabled state   Jul 29 04:04:35 vnix06 logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: Path closed or removed during hotplug add: backend/vbd/1/5632 state: 6
   Jul 29 04:04:35 vnix06 logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: xenstore-read backend/vbd/1/5632/node failed.
   Jul 29 04:04:35 vnix06 logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: /etc/xen/scripts/block failed; error detected.
   
    could you tell me how to address this problem?
    
2. The NFS worked well in CentOS5.5, but when I compiled kernel-2.6.32-40 and Xen-4.2-unstable and got into dom0.
   the NFS didn't work, and could not mount the remote NFS server. I tried command: "service nfs restart", but the failed.
   I used command: "mount <IP>:/home /mnt", the system returned:
    
   mount <IP>/home /mnt
  ! mount.nfs: No such device
   
 &n! bsp; wha t's wrong?
   
   I am waiting for your help! thank you very much!