[OmniOS-discuss] Ang: KVM vnics not starting

[Graham Stephens]

On 26/06/2015 14:37, Johan Kragsterman wrote:
> Hi!
>
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> Ärende: [OmniOS-discuss] KVM vnics not starting
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> Guys,
>
> Does anyone else here have problems trying to start a kvm due to vnics
> not initializing properly? It seems to me that the more vnics you add,
> the more likely the problem is to occur.
> The firewall that I'm trying to build currently has four vnics attached,
> and I'm intending to add more before I'm finished - but frequently when
> I try to start it one will fail to 'catch' (like starting an old car)
> and kvm fails. It's usually the third or fourth vnic, but not always. I
> have to keep retrying the start script, and eventually it will work but
> it can take five minutes for the darn thing to come up.
>
> Is there a setting I have missed?
>
>
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> I've never seen this!
>
> I have used VM firewalls/routers with 5 vnic's or more, never seen it.
>
> Johan
>

Hi Johan,

Can I ask some questions (speculations)?

Are you running the VMs from inside zones?
Are they attached to physical nics or virtual ones?
Are you using hyperthreaded CPUs?

Perhaps one of these might make a difference.

Graham.