We have a 10Gbps connection to our server so I need to be able to create VMs using the faster e1000 nics instead of the default Realtek 100Mbps ones but I''m not sure how to go about it. Is there a walkthrough or "howto" or can someone point me at some simple instructions? I''m using xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.5 and Centos 5.5 kernel 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.centos.plusxen VMs are Windows Server 2k8R2 Any help greatly appreciated. Russell Smithies ======================================================================Attention: The information contained in this message and/or attachments from AgResearch Limited is intended only for the persons or entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipients is prohibited by AgResearch Limited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Smithies, Russell <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote:> We have a 10Gbps connection to our server so I need to be able to create VMs using the faster e1000 nics instead of the default Realtek 100Mbps ones but I''m not sure how to go about it. > Is there a walkthrough or "howto" or can someone point me at some simple instructions? > I''m using xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.5 and Centos 5.5 kernel 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5.centos.plusxen > VMs are Windows Server 2k8R2This is on top of Google''s result for "xen vif e1000": http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11081_01/doc/doc.21/e10898/templates.htm I''m sure there''s an equivalent RHEL/Centos documentation somewhere if you look hard enough :D -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Spent a day searching and nothing has worked so far. Switching to KVM so hopefully that will fix it ;-) --Russell> -----Original Message----- > From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 12:28 p.m. > To: Smithies, Russell > Cc: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] e1000 gig nic howto? > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Smithies, Russell > <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote: > > We have a 10Gbps connection to our server so I need to be able to > create VMs using the faster e1000 nics instead of the default Realtek > 100Mbps ones but I''m not sure how to go about it. > > Is there a walkthrough or "howto" or can someone point me at some > simple instructions? > > I''m using xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.5 and Centos 5.5 kernel 2.6.18- > 194.32.1.el5.centos.plusxen > > VMs are Windows Server 2k8R2 > > This is on top of Google''s result for "xen vif e1000": > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11081_01/doc/doc.21/e10898/template > s.htm > I''m sure there''s an equivalent RHEL/Centos documentation somewhere if > you look hard enough :D > > -- > Fajar======================================================================Attention: The information contained in this message and/or attachments from AgResearch Limited is intended only for the persons or entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipients is prohibited by AgResearch Limited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Smithies, Russell <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote:> Spent a day searching and nothing has worked so far. > Switching to KVM so hopefully that will fix it ;-)Really? I''d be surprised if it works in KVM, as both are based on QEMU. IMHO, instead of e1000, I''d simply use the PV network drivers: virtio for KVM, or GPLPV (http://meadowcourt.org/downloads/) for Xen (it works great for 2k8R2 last time I check, but installing it needs some special steps). -- Fajar> > --Russell > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 12:28 p.m. >> To: Smithies, Russell >> Cc: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] e1000 gig nic howto? >> >> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Smithies, Russell >> <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote: >> > We have a 10Gbps connection to our server so I need to be able to >> create VMs using the faster e1000 nics instead of the default Realtek >> 100Mbps ones but I''m not sure how to go about it. >> > Is there a walkthrough or "howto" or can someone point me at some >> simple instructions? >> > I''m using xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.5 and Centos 5.5 kernel 2.6.18- >> 194.32.1.el5.centos.plusxen >> > VMs are Windows Server 2k8R2 >> >> This is on top of Google''s result for "xen vif e1000": >> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11081_01/doc/doc.21/e10898/template >> s.htm >> I''m sure there''s an equivalent RHEL/Centos documentation somewhere if >> you look hard enough :D >> >> -- >> Fajar_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
that version of xen he mentioned is ancient as well i cant imagine running win2k8 on that On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <list@fajar.net> wrote:> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Smithies, Russell > <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote: >> Spent a day searching and nothing has worked so far. >> Switching to KVM so hopefully that will fix it ;-) > > Really? > I''d be surprised if it works in KVM, as both are based on QEMU. > > IMHO, instead of e1000, I''d simply use the PV network drivers: virtio > for KVM, or GPLPV (http://meadowcourt.org/downloads/) for Xen (it > works great for 2k8R2 last time I check, but installing it needs some > special steps). > > -- > Fajar > >> >> --Russell >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] >>> Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 12:28 p.m. >>> To: Smithies, Russell >>> Cc: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >>> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] e1000 gig nic howto? >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Smithies, Russell >>> <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote: >>> > We have a 10Gbps connection to our server so I need to be able to >>> create VMs using the faster e1000 nics instead of the default Realtek >>> 100Mbps ones but I''m not sure how to go about it. >>> > Is there a walkthrough or "howto" or can someone point me at some >>> simple instructions? >>> > I''m using xen-3.0.3-105.el5_5.5 and Centos 5.5 kernel 2.6.18- >>> 194.32.1.el5.centos.plusxen >>> > VMs are Windows Server 2k8R2 >>> >>> This is on top of Google''s result for "xen vif e1000": >>> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11081_01/doc/doc.21/e10898/template >>> s.htm >>> I''m sure there''s an equivalent RHEL/Centos documentation somewhere if >>> you look hard enough :D >>> >>> -- >>> Fajar > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Smithies, Russell <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote:> I''ll give GLPV a go, any idea what those special steps you mentioned might be?Mostly related to using unsigned drivers. Something like DSEO or "bcdedit /set testsigning on" should do the trick.> I assume I''ll have to use gplpv_2003x64_0.11.0.238.msi as I don''t see 2k8 listed?There''s Vista2008 -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Smithies, Russell <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote:> It runs everything very smoothly (including 2k8 VMs) - it''s an HP DL585-G7 server with 4 x 12-core CPUs and 512GB of RAM :-)That''s because it''s actually Xen 3.1.2+, not 3.0.x. Try running "xm info". Also, there''s Xen 4.0.1 from Gitco, which should work with stock RHEL/Centos kernel-xen as well (as long as you remember to add "pci=nomsi"), but if the default setup has worked fine then I suggest you stick with it. If you do decide to test GPLPV, make sure you do it on test domUs first. -- Fajar> > --Russell > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: chris [mailto:tknchris@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 12:47 p.m. >> To: Fajar A. Nugraha >> Cc: Smithies, Russell; Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] e1000 gig nic howto? >> >> that version of xen he mentioned is ancient as well i cant imagine >> running win2k8 on that_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Thanx for your help, I have it working now and it was very simple to get running. Just did "bcdedit /set testsigning on", rebooted, installed the msi, a few more reboots and it''s all running perfectly. --Russell> -----Original Message----- > From: Fajar A. Nugraha [mailto:list@fajar.net] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 February 2011 6:14 p.m. > To: Smithies, Russell > Cc: Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] e1000 gig nic howto? > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Smithies, Russell > <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote: > > I''ll give GLPV a go, any idea what those special steps you mentioned > might be? > > Mostly related to using unsigned drivers. Something like DSEO or > "bcdedit /set testsigning on" should do the trick. > > > I assume I''ll have to use gplpv_2003x64_0.11.0.238.msi as I don''t see > 2k8 listed? > > There''s Vista2008 > > -- > Fajar======================================================================Attention: The information contained in this message and/or attachments from AgResearch Limited is intended only for the persons or entities to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipients is prohibited by AgResearch Limited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ====================================================================== _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Smithies, Russell <Russell.Smithies@agresearch.co.nz> wrote:> Can I do a similar trick to speed up my Centos 5.5 VMs? > They''re also reporting 100Mb/s as max speed of the nic (because it''s a RTL-8139)Try http://pastebin.com/fb6fe631 Or better yet, convert it to PV domU: http://pastebin.com/f6a5022bf -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users