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RE: [Xen-devel] more than 3 nics in a domU

To: "Hans-Christian Armingeon" <johnny@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] more than 3 nics in a domU
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:11:24 +1100
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This caught my attention... does xen3 really only support 3 nics?

Are you talking about 3 physical network adapters, or 3 virtual network
adapters?

James

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Armingeon
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> Subject: [Xen-devel] more than 3 nics in a domU
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a router with seven interfaces, that does a lot of shaping. And
we
> are having problems with packet loss.
> So we want do move over to xen3. But xen3 only supports 3 nics.
> 
> I know that it is very difficult to increase the number of nics. Is
there
> a chance that it will be possible to have more than three nics in a
domU
> in the future?
> Driver domains could be a solution - but I'd prefer bridges/nics.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Johnny
> 
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