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Re: [Xen-users] Xen with NIC Bonding on Debian Etch ?
Pierre-Alain RIVIERE wrote:
> Artur Mücke wrote:
>> Pierre-Alain RIVIERE wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> As far as I'm concerned I have no problem with NIC bonding on Xen.
>>>
>>> I've used the following to get it working :
>>> http://anothergeekwebsite.com/fr/2007/06/xen-vlan-et-bonding-oui-oui-tout-ca
>>>
>>> (sorry it's in french but only the configuration files are important)
>>>
>>> OK, there's also VLAN support but you can drop this part, it is likely
>>> the same.
>>>
>>> It seems I proceed the same way as you but for the xen network script.
>>>
>>>
>>> Artur Mücke wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to get bonding work on a debian etch system. I searched
>>>> already in the mailing list but unfortunately I couldnt find a proper
>>>> solution. This is what i did so far.
>>>>
>>>> - Installed Debian Etch on my server
>>>> - Installed the following packages for using Xen from the Debian
>>>> repository:
>>>>
>>>> xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae
>>>> linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-686
>>>> linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-686
>>>> xen-tools
>>>> libc6-xen
>>>> bridge-utils
>>>>
>>>> - Setup bonding like this:
>>>>
>>>> /etc/modprobe.d/arch/i386
>>>> =========================
>>>> alias bond0 bonding
>>>> options bond0 mode=6 miimon=50
>>>>
>>>> /etc/network/interfaces
>>>> =======================
>>>> auto eth0 eth1
>>>>
>>>> auto bond0
>>>> iface bond0 inet static
>>>> address 10.3.4.2
>>>> netmask 255.255.255.0
>>>> network 10.3.4.0
>>>> broadcast 10.3.4.255
>>>> gateway 10.3.4.1
>>>> up /sbin/ifenslave bond0 eth0
>>>> down /sbin/ifenslave -d bond0 eth0
>>>> ========================================
>>>>
>>>> Everything is working fine so far. To get bonding (kind of) working
>>>> with
>>>> xen I read the following howto:
>>>>
>>>> http://vandelande.com/guides/howto%20setup%20XEN%20using%20network%20bonding%20on%20SLES10.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I took the posted script and saved is as
>>>> /etc/xen/scripts/network-bonding-bridge
>>>>
>>>> If I run the script the according devices are created.
>>>>
>>>> So far so good.
>>>>
>>>> The next I created a domU. My setup is quit simple:
>>>>
>>>> ==============================================
>>>> kernel = '/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-686'
>>>> ramdisk = '/boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686'
>>>> memory = '256'
>>>> root = '/dev/sda1 ro'
>>>> disk =
>>>> ['phy:/dev/sda8,sda1,w','phy:/dev/sda9,sda2,w','phy:/dev/sda10,sda3,w'
>>>> ]
>>>> name = 'vm_mydomU'
>>>>
>>>> vif=[ 'ip=10.3.4.3' ]
>>>> dhcp="off"
>>>> netmask='255.255.255.000'
>>>> gateway='10.3.4.1'
>>>> ==============================================
>>>>
>>>> If I start the domU there are no error-messages at all. The connection
>>>> works for a (very) short while. For example if I send a ping to a
>>>> random
>>>> host (internal or external), the connection works for around 5 or 6
>>>> ICMP-message-replies. Then the connection brakes down. Kind of the same
>>>> problem was already described on the list in the following post:
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2007-04/msg00236.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately nobody answered. :-/
>>>>
>>>> I hope someone got bonding to work with xen and could describe me
>>>> what I
>>>> am doing wrong.
>>>>
>>>> Would be glad to get some help.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Artur
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> Thx for your quick reply. I'll try to understand the french howto and
>> will get back to you later. I hope I am gonna get it work. Will
>> definitely post it here.
>>
>>
> I'm the writer so if there's any problem about this howto tell me.
>
> By the way, you forgot to CC to xen-users.
Thx for your quick reply. I'll try to understand the french howto and
will get back to you later. I hope I am gonna get it work. Will
definitely post it here.
--
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary
math, and those who don't."
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