On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:39 PM, James A. Peltier <jpeltier@xxxxxx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> | On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly@xxxxxxxxx>
> | wrote:
> | > Not sure if someone has asked this previously, but have you got the
> | > 8021q
> | > kernel module installed and loaded?
> |
> | That seems to have happened by itself - and I now see that if the
> | NetworkManager service is not running the 5.x style ifcfg- files work
> | with ifup/ifdown. But I still haven't found the documentation
> | describing that requirement or what the new entries that might be in
> | the ifcfg-* files mean.
> |
> | --
> | Les Mikesell
> | lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
>
> Yes, the 8021q module will load automatically when it sees any ifcfg-* entry that contains <ifname>.<vlandid> or for hosts with ifcfg-vlan<id> and the VLAN_NAME_TYPE=VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD.
>
> Below is the configuration that I use for my VLANs for KVM.
>
> # configure a bridge device for NAT VLAN support
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-NAT
> DEVICE=NAT
> BOOTPROTO=none
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Bridge
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> NM_CONTROLLED=no
>
> # configure a VLAN for NAT
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vlan303
> VLAN_NAME_TYPE=VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD
> DEVICE=vlan303
> PHYSDEV=em1
> BOOTPROTO=none
> VLAN=yes
> ONBOOT=yes
> BRIDGE=NAT
> NM_CONTROLLED=no
> TYPE=Ethernet
>
> Is there a specific option that you are trying to get information on?
I'm looking for documentation for all of the name/values that mean
something in these files. Also, anything that relates to the new
feature in 6.1 to refer to NICs by bios name conventions. I'd really
like to find a way to configure machines when you know the physical
NIC locations (card type/slot/port) but nothing else.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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