Howdy, I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I apologize. Thanks for any insight, - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net
Matty wrote:> Howdy, > > I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface > management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated > this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I > apologize. >A certain portion from crossbow, is already integrated. See the "vnic" device driver, and the IP instances feature that integrated some months ago. -- Garrett> Thanks for any insight, > - Ryan >
On 9/23/07, Garrett D''Amore <Garrett.Damore@sun.com> wrote:> Matty wrote: > > Howdy, > > > > I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface > > management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated > > this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I > > apologize. > > > > A certain portion from crossbow, is already integrated. See the "vnic" > device driver, and the IP instances feature that integrated some months ago.Cool beans! So virtual NICs are now part of Nevada? Which putback did vnics integrate with? I can''t seem to find any references to this in the putback logs. Thanks, - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net
Matty wrote:> On 9/23/07, Garrett D''Amore <Garrett.Damore@sun.com> wrote: > >> Matty wrote: >> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface >>> management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated >>> this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I >>> apologize. >>> >>> >> A certain portion from crossbow, is already integrated. See the "vnic" >> device driver, and the IP instances feature that integrated some months ago. >> > > Cool beans! So virtual NICs are now part of Nevada? Which putback did > vnics integrate with? I can''t seem to find any references to this in > the putback logs. > > Thanks, > - Ryan >An early version of the vNIC code was given to the XVM team a couple of months ago and it integrated as part of the XVM putback last week. XVM is using the underlying vNIC functionality in order to get better networking performance, but vNICs aren''t exposed to the administrator yet. Markus -- --- Markus Flierl Manager, Solaris Core OS 17 Network Circle Menlo Park, CA 94025 phone: 650-786-2056 http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/markusflierl
On 9/23/07, Markus Flierl <Markus.Flierl@sun.com> wrote:> Matty wrote: > > On 9/23/07, Garrett D''Amore <Garrett.Damore@sun.com> wrote: > > > >> Matty wrote: > >> > >>> Howdy, > >>> > >>> I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface > >>> management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated > >>> this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I > >>> apologize. > >>> > >>> > >> A certain portion from crossbow, is already integrated. See the "vnic" > >> device driver, and the IP instances feature that integrated some months ago. > >> > > > > Cool beans! So virtual NICs are now part of Nevada? Which putback did > > vnics integrate with? I can''t seem to find any references to this in > > the putback logs. > > > > Thanks, > > - Ryan > > > An early version of the vNIC code was given to the XVM team a couple of > months ago and it integrated as part of the XVM putback last week. XVM > is using the underlying vNIC functionality in order to get better > networking performance, but vNICs aren''t exposed to the administrator yet.That would explain it. Thanks! - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net
Markus Flierl wrote:> Matty wrote: >> On 9/23/07, Garrett D''Amore <Garrett.Damore@sun.com> wrote: >> >>> Matty wrote: >>> >>>> Howdy, >>>> >>>> I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface >>>> management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated >>>> this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I >>>> apologize. >>>> >>>> >>> A certain portion from crossbow, is already integrated. See the "vnic" >>> device driver, and the IP instances feature that integrated some months ago. >>> >> Cool beans! So virtual NICs are now part of Nevada? Which putback did >> vnics integrate with? I can''t seem to find any references to this in >> the putback logs. >> >> Thanks, >> - Ryan >> > An early version of the vNIC code was given to the XVM team a couple of > months ago and it integrated as part of the XVM putback last week. XVM > is using the underlying vNIC functionality in order to get better > networking performance, but vNICs aren''t exposed to the administrator yet.Unless #dladm show-link and #ifconfig -a filter them out, you should be able to see them. However, won''t be able to manage them yet. That will show up with Crossbow. -Mike
On 9/24/07, Michael Lim <Michael.Lim@sun.com> wrote:> Markus Flierl wrote: > > Matty wrote: > >> On 9/23/07, Garrett D''Amore <Garrett.Damore@sun.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Matty wrote: > >>> > >>>> Howdy, > >>>> > >>>> I recall reading that Xen will utilize crossbow for network interface > >>>> management. If this is the case, shouldn''t crossbow have integrated > >>>> this week along with Xen? If I misread something along the way, I > >>>> apologize. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> A certain portion from crossbow, is already integrated. See the "vnic" > >>> device driver, and the IP instances feature that integrated some months ago. > >>> > >> Cool beans! So virtual NICs are now part of Nevada? Which putback did > >> vnics integrate with? I can''t seem to find any references to this in > >> the putback logs. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> - Ryan > >> > > An early version of the vNIC code was given to the XVM team a couple of > > months ago and it integrated as part of the XVM putback last week. XVM > > is using the underlying vNIC functionality in order to get better > > networking performance, but vNICs aren''t exposed to the administrator yet. > Unless #dladm show-link and #ifconfig -a filter them out, you should be > able to see > them. However, won''t be able to manage them yet. That will show up > with Crossbow.Thanks for the clarification. Any idea how far out the crossbow integration is? Thanks, - Ryan -- UNIX Administrator http://prefetch.net