Re: [Xen-users] please explain to me the networking of Xen & Xen guests

[Sadique Puthen <sputhenp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm rather new to Xen, and want to understand the networking behind it.
>
> Let's say my server has the following IP addresses: 192.168.10.10/24 - 
> 192.168.10.20/24 and these are all setup on the same NIC, as eth0, 
> eth0:1, eth0:2, etc etc.
> Do I assign a static IP address to a Xen guest from this pool? And 
> will this then be bridged, or how does it work?
> Or do I rather un-assign the IP address(es) in question, and just set 
> them up in the Xen guest?
Yes, You need to unassign these ips from dom0 and set them up in the Xen 
guest.
> Lastly, if I had mrtg / munin / Nagios on the main server, who will it 
> be able to graph each Xen guest's traffic individually?
I think you can do this by monitoring traffic through the vifx.x 
interface which handles the network traffice for the guest.
--Sadique


_______________________________________________
Xen-users mailing list
Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users