Comments on: VLAN Bridging in Xen http://www.pixelchaos.net/2008/07/16/vlan-bridging-in-xen/ random bits for your terminal Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:19:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jcl http://www.pixelchaos.net/2008/07/16/vlan-bridging-in-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-217 jcl Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:11:38 +0000 http://www.pixelchaos.net/?p=53#comment-217 phyber, Excellent info. Thanks! phyber,

Excellent info. Thanks!

]]> By: phyber http://www.pixelchaos.net/2008/07/16/vlan-bridging-in-xen/comment-page-1/#comment-202 phyber Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:14:57 +0000 http://www.pixelchaos.net/?p=53#comment-202 It's possible to name your Xen interfaces so that your output from various commands looks a little nicer and makes it easier to tell what's what when you're looking at interface listings. I like to use the primary function of the domU as my interface names. So I end up with interfaces like 'www0' or 'mail0'. You can do this by using 'vifname=somename' in the 'vif = [ ]' config for each of your domUs. It’s possible to name your Xen interfaces so that your output from various commands looks a little nicer and makes it easier to tell what’s what when you’re looking at interface listings.
I like to use the primary function of the domU as my interface names. So I end up with interfaces like ‘www0′ or ‘mail0′.

You can do this by using ‘vifname=somename’ in the ‘vif = [ ]‘ config for each of your domUs.

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