Hi All. I inherited an OpenSUSE Version 11.4 Xen host machine here at work. Without too much trouble I finished upgrading it to Version 12.1. The old setup was running using the Xen "xm" toolstack and works like you'd expect. The new setup works ok if I use the "xm" stack as well. I learned that we should move to the "xl" toolstack. I'm trying to do that now and having some problems with networking, but only with the xl approach. I've been running up to date Xen for awhile. rpm -qa | grep -i xen xen-tools-4.1.2_11-164.5.x86_64 xen-doc-html-4.1.2_11-164.5.x86_64 xen-libs-4.1.2_11-164.5.x86_64 xen-4.1.2_11-164.5.x86_64 patterns-openSUSE-xen_server-12.1-25.21.1.x86_64 xen-devel-4.1.2_11-164.5.x86_64 xen-doc-pdf-4.1.2_11-164.5.x86_64 kernel-xen-devel-3.1.0-1.2.1.x86_64 kernel-xen-3.1.0-1.2.1.x86_64 I already setup the networking on the Host to use OpenSUSE configuration. brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces br0 8000.0052351d5337 no eth0 cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-br0 STARTMODE='auto' BOOTPROTO='static' BRIDGE='yes' BRIDGE_PORTS='eth0' BRIDGE_FORWARDDELAY='0' BRIDGE_STP='off' NAME='Motherboard' IPADDR='192.168.1.32/24' BROADCAST='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' NETWORK='' MTU='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' USERCONTROL='no' NM_CONTROLLED='no' cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 STARTMODE='manual' BOOTPROTO='none' BRIDGE='no' The Guest cfg file I'm using for testing is: cat test.cfg name='test' builder='linux' bootloader='/usr/bin/pygrub' disk=['phy:/dev/XenVols/test,xvda,w'] vif=[mac=00:16:3e:12:34:01, bridge=br0 , vifname=vifBR'] vfb=[ 'type=vnc, vncdisplay=1, vnclisten=127.0.0.1'] extra='textmode=1 xencons=xvc0 noirqdebug' on_shutdown='destroy' on_reboot='restart' on_crash='destroy' vcpus=2 maxmem=2048 memory=2048 With a clean-booted Host and no launched Guests, xl list Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s) Domain-0 0 1010 4 r----- 86.3 xl create -c test.cfg pyGRUB version 0.6 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Xen4 12.1 DomU │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted. Press enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before booting, 'a' to modify the kernel arguments before booting, or 'c' for a command line. Will boot selected entry in 1 seconds Daemon running with PID 6779 I get no other output here (why not?) on the console for about 30 seconds. Then just, Welcome to openSUSE 12.1 "Asparagus" - Kernel 3.1.0-1.2-xen (xvc0). testserver login: The output of 'tail -f /var/log/messages /var/log/xen/*log' is just ==> /var/log/messages <== Jan 21 10:40:39 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: add XENBUS_PATH=backend/vbd/5/51712 Jan 21 10:40:39 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: add XENBUS_PATH=backend/vbd/5/51728 Jan 21 10:40:39 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/block: add XENBUS_PATH=backend/vbd/5/51744 Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge: online type_if=vif XENBUS_PATH=backend/vif/5/0 Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge: No device details in backend/vif/5/0, exiting. Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge: online XENBUS_PATH=backend/vif/5/0 Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver logger: /etc/xen/scripts/vif-bridge: No device details in backend/vif/5/0, exiting. Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver kernel: [ 2711.951822] blkback: ring-ref 8, event-channel 12, protocol 1 (x86_64-abi) Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver kernel: [ 2712.015731] blkback: ring-ref 9, event-channel 13, protocol 1 (x86_64-abi) Jan 21 10:40:40 testserver kernel: [ 2712.066467] blkback: ring-ref 10, event-channel 14, protocol 1 (x86_64-abi) I can login to the guest at the console and the Guest's networking looks like it's recognized OK. dmesg | grep eth [ 0.896597] netfront: Initialising virtual ethernet driver. hwinfo --network 05: None 00.0: 10700 Loopback [Created at net.124] Unique ID: ZsBS.GQNx7L4uPNA SysFS ID: /class/net/lo Hardware Class: network interface Model: "Loopback network interface" Device File: lo Link detected: yes Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown 06: None 00.0: 10701 Ethernet [Created at net.124] Unique ID: usDW.ndpeucax6V1 Parent ID: +jsg.Sd+ykfyvlK4 SysFS ID: /class/net/eth0 SysFS Device Link: /devices/xen/vif-0 Hardware Class: network interface Model: "Ethernet network interface" Driver: "vif" Driver Modules: "xennet" Device File: eth0 HW Address: 00:16:3e:12:34:01 Link detected: yes Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown Attached to: #4 (Ethernet controller) The Guest's network routes look OK. route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 But when I try to ping anywhere off the Guest I get HostUnreachable errors. ping 192.168.1.1 PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

From 192.168.1.32 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.32 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 192.168.1.32 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable etc etc

It feels like I'm pretty close to getting this working. Am I still missing some part of the configuration changes needed for using the xl toolstack? Regards, Erin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-virtual+owner@opensuse.org