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blacksoul
Asked: 2012-07-04 03:44:34 +0800 CST

Xen HVM Windows 2008 network bridge

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I have a problem with the Windows Server 2008 guest (hvm). I can't get a network interface running for him.

I also have a Debian guest and it's working ok, but I can't do it with the Win2k8 guest. When I started the VM, the machine freezes and I can't connect by ssh to the host.

/etc/network/interfaces

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 188.165.B.C
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        network 188.165.B.0
        broadcast 188.165.255.255
        gateway 188.165.B.254

brctl show

bridge name bridge id       STP enabled interfaces
eth0        8000.e840f20acc28   no      peth0

/etc/xen/xend-config.sxp

...
(vif-script vif-bridge)
(network-script 'network-bridge') 
...

/etc/xen/win2k8.cfg

#  Networking
#
vif         = [ 'ip=5.39.F.G,mac=yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy,type=ioemu,bridge=eth0' ]

/etc/xen/debian.cfg

#  Networking
#
vif         = [ 'ip=178.33.D.E,mac=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx' ]

As you can see, in the Debian guest I only have to specify an IP address and a MAC. But if I put that in the Win2k8 guest, the machine does not start.

I am using Xen 4.0

virtualization xen windows-server-2008 linux bridge

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I am surprised to see "peth0" in your btctl show output. Perhaps your issue is a simple typo? (but then no idea how your Debian VM should work)

    And in my only Debian based system I have right now with a bridge (A proxmox 2.1 machine), I also have the bridge in /etc/network/interfaces:

    # cat /etc/network/interfaces
[...]
iface eth0 inet manual

iface eth1 inet manual

iface eth2 inet manual

iface eth3 inet manual

auto vmbr0
iface vmbr0 inet static
    address  10.11.12.13
    netmask  255.255.0.0
    gateway  10.11.0.1
    bridge_ports eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3
    bridge_stp off
    bridge_fd 0
[...]


# brctl show
bridge name     bridge id               STP enabled     interfaces
vmbr0           8000.0025903b7d66       no              eth0
                                                        eth1
                                                        eth2
                                                        eth3
                                                        tap100i0
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