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== VIF_TYPE_BRIDGE ==
 
== VIF_TYPE_BRIDGE ==
  
     <interface type="bridge">
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     <nowiki><interface type="bridge">
 
       <source bridge="br0"/>
 
       <source bridge="br0"/>
 
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
 
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
 
       <filterref name="nwfilter"/>
 
       <filterref name="nwfilter"/>
     </interface>
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     </interface></nowiki>
  
 
== VIF_TYPE_802_QBG ==
 
== VIF_TYPE_802_QBG ==

Revision as of 14:49, 24 June 2015

Libvirt VIF Type XML configuration

This document outlines the way the LibvirtGenericVIFDriver configures networking in Liberty-1 development tree, and also looks at a few proposed new VIF types

Common configuration

A number of aspects of the guest interface configuration are common to all VIF types, though some types do have restrictions on valid values. For example. VIF_TYPE_VHOSTUSER requires a model of virtio.

   <interface type="...">
       <mac address="01:02:ab:de:03:04"/>
       <model type="virtio|e1000|...."/>
       <driver name="vhost|qemu"/>
       <bandwidth>
        ....QOS settings...
       </bandwidth>
   </interface>

VIF_TYPE_OVS

Primary method:

   <interface type="bridge">
       <source bridge="br0"/>
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
       <portprofile type="openvswitch">
         <parameters
	       interfaceid='09b11c53-8b5c-4eeb-8f00-d84eaa0aaa4f'
	       profileid="something"/>
       </portprofie>
    </interface>

Or if firewall filtering is needed, it uses

   <interface type="bridge">
       <source bridge="br0"/>
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
       <filterref name="nwfilter"/>
    </interface>

VIF_TYPE_IVS

Either

   <interface type="ethernet">
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
    </interface>

Or if firewall filtering is needed, it uses

   <interface type="bridge">
       <source bridge="br0"/>
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
    </interface>

VIF_TYPE_DVS

VMWare specific, not used by libvirt

VIF_TYPE_IOVISOR

   <interface type="ethernet">
      <target dev="vnet0"/>
   </interface>

VIF_TYPE_BRIDGE

   <interface type="bridge">
       <source bridge="br0"/>
       <target dev="vnet0"/>
       <filterref name="nwfilter"/>
    </interface>

VIF_TYPE_802_QBG

  <interface type="direct">
     <source dev="eth0">
     <portprofile type="802.1qbg">
       <parameters

managerid="11" typeid="1193047" typeidversion="2" instanceid="09b11c53-8b5c-4eeb-8f00-d84eaa0aaa4f"/>

     </portprofile>
  </interface>

VIF_TYPE_802_QBH

  <interface type="direct">
     <source dev="eth0" mode="vepa">
     <portprofile type="802.1qbh">
       <parameters profileid="manager"/>
     </portprofile>
  </interface>

VIF_TYPE_HW_VEB

  <interface type="direct">
     <source dev="eth0" mode="passthrough">
  </interface>

Or

  <interface type="hostdev">
     <vlan>3</vlan>
  </interface>


VIF_TYPE_MLNX_DIRECT

  <interface type="direct">
     <source dev="eth0" mode="passthrough">
  </interface>


VIF_TYPE_MIDONET

   <interface type="ethernet">
      <target dev="vnet0"/>
   </interface>

VIF_TYPE_VHOSTUSER

   <interface type="vhostuser">
   </interface>

VIF_TYPE_VROUTER

  <interface type="ethernet">
      <target dev="vnet0"/>
   </interface>

VIF_TYPE_OTHER

Dummy placeholder, not used by libvirt.

Proposed: VIF_TYPE_MACVTAP

 <interface type='direct'>	
 </interface>