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Before creating a new VM instance, create network bridges for management (MGT), high availability (HA), and packet ports (PKT0 and PKT1). These are linked to the physical interfaces on the host. This section explains how to create the network bridges and link to the physical interfaces.
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For SR-IOV and Direct I/O setup, network bridge is not required for PKT0 and PKT1. |
- Log on to the host system as root user through SSH and telnet client such as PuTTY.
To navigate to network scripts directory, execute the following command:
Code Block language none cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
Perform the following steps to create a bridge for MGT interface:
Create and Open the
ifcfg-mgtbridge
file in vi editor using the following command:Code Block language none vi ifcfg-mgtbridge
Enter the MGT bridge details. Information like IP Address, Netmask, and Gateway varies based on the configuration.
Code Block language none TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=none DEVICE=mgtbridge IPADDR=xx.xx.xx.xx NETMASK=xx.xx.xx.xx GATEWAY=xx.xx.xx.xx STP=off USERCTL=no NOZEROCONF=yes ONBOOT=yes
Press Esc key.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block :wq
- Link a bridge with MGT interface:
Create and Open the ifcfg-em1 file using vi editor using the following command.
Code Block language none vi ifcfg-em1
Enter the MGT bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none BOOTPROTOTYPE="dhcp"Ethernet UUID=fcd2131c-9142-42e4-bce4-825f4c8efc7f DEVICE=em1 ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE="mgtbridge"
Press Esc key.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block :wq
Perform the following steps to create a bridge for HA interface:
Create and Open the
ifcfg-habridge
file using vi editor using the following command.Code Block language none vi ifcfg-habridge
Enter the HA bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=none DEVICE=habridge STP=off USERCTL=no NOZEROCONF=yes ONBOOT=yes IPV6_DISABLED=yes IPV6INIT=no
Press Esc.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block language none :wq
- Link a bridge with HA interface:
Create and Open the ifcfg-em2 file using vi editor using the following command.
Code Block language none vi ifcfg-em2
Enter the HA bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none BOOTPROTOTYPE="dhcp"Ethernet UUID=fcd2131c-9142-42e4-bce4-825f4c8efc7f DEVICE=em2 ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE="habridge"
Press Esc key.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block :wq
Perform the following steps to create a bridge for PKT0 interface:
Create and Open the
ifcfg-pkt0bridge
file using vi editor using the following command:Code Block language none vi ifcfg-pkt0bridge
Enter the PKT0 bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=none DEVICE=pkt0bridge IPADDR=xx.xx.xx.xx NETMASK=xx.xx.xx.xx GATEWAY=xx.xx.xx.xx STP=off USERCTL=no NOZEROCONF=yes ONBOOT=yes
Press Esc.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block language none :wq
- Link a bridge with PKT0 interface:
Create and Open the ifcfg-em3 file using vi editor using the following command.
Code Block language none vi ifcfg-em3
Enter the PKT0 bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none BOOTPROTOTYPE="dhcp"Ethernet UUID=fcd2131c-9142-42e4-bce4-825f4c8efc7f DEVICE=em3 ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE="pkt0bridge"
Press Esc key.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block :wq
Perform the following to create a bridge for PKT1 interface:
Create and Open the
ifcfg-pkt1bridge
file using vi editor using the following command:Code Block language none vi ifcfg-pkt1bridge
Enter the PKT1 bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=none DEVICE=pkt1bridge IPADDR=xx.xx.xx.xx NETMASK=xx.xx.xx.xx GATEWAY=xx.xx.xx.xx STP=off USERCTL=no NOZEROCONF=yes ONBOOT=yes
Info The table below lists the parameters for HA, PKT0, and PKT1 bridges:
Parameter Value TYPE Indicates the type. For example, the Network Bridge. DEVICE Indicates the name of the bridge that is used to link with the physical interface on the host. ONBOOT Indicates whether or not to activate the bridge at boot-time. For example, if Yes, it activates the bridge at boot-time. IPADDR Indicates the IP address for this bridge. NETMASK Indicates the netmask value associated with the entered IP address. GATEWAY Indicates the gateway address associated with the entered IP address. STP Indicates the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). This is set to off for this requirement. BOOTPROTO Indicates the boot time protocol. This is set to none for this requirement. USERCTL Indicates the user control for the device. For example, no to allow only the super-user root to control this device.
NOZEROCONF Indicates zeroconf routing details. For example, yes to enable the zeroconf route. Press Esc.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block language none :wq
- Link a bridge with PKT1 interface:
Create and Open the ifcfg-em4 file using vi editor using the following command.
Code Block language none vi ifcfg-em4
Enter the PKT1 bridge details as shown below:
Code Block language none BOOTPROTOTYPE="dhcp"Ethernet UUID=fcd2131c-9142-42e4-bce4-825f4c8efc7f DEVICE=em4 ONBOOT=yes BRIDGE="pkt1bridge"
Press Esc key.
To save the file and quit from vi editor, execute the following command:
Code Block :wq
To list the interface created, execute the following command:
Code Block language none ls -ltr ifcfg-*
The command executes with the following output.
Code Block language none -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 337 Sep 4 2015 ifcfg-eno1 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 353 Sep 4 2015 ifcfg-eno2 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 355 Sep 4 2015 ifcfg-eno3 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 355 Sep 4 2015 ifcfg-eno4 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 151 Sep 4 2015 ifcfg-MGTBRIDGE -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 150 Sep 4 2015 ifcfg-HABRIDGE -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 151 Apr 26 17:44 ifcfg-PKT0BRIDGE -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 151 Apr 26 17:44 ifcfg-PKT1BRIDGE
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