On 03/27/2011 04:09 PM, Nataraj wrote: > I am running KVM guests under Redhat 6. I tried to setup a bridge > device to an interface with a vlan trunk connected to a Juniper switch. > On the KVM host, I am able to define vlans and access them via the vlan > trunk. I was not able to access a vlan from the kvm guest connected to > the bridged interface. I believe this would be what is commonly called > QinQ or 802.1ad. Is this possible to do? I am using virtio drivers. > > If I can't do this, I guess I will end up with alot of bridged vlans. I > tried doing this a while back under the vmware server and it did not > work either. I think the reason that it did not work had something to > do with arp resolution. I believe I read some where that it may be > possible under ESXi. > > Thanks, > Nataraj > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-virt mailing list > CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt After thinking about this further I guess it would look like somehow being able to configure a "port" (the one connected to the kvm VM) on the linux bridge as being a vlan trunk. Alternatively, if the guest (also running linux) were able to support QinQ I think I could configure QinQ on the guest as well as on the port on the Juniper switch, though that would only work with 1 guest, so the first solution would be preferred. Nataraj _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
