[OmniOS-discuss] Ang: Re: Ang: KVM vnics not starting

[Johan Kragsterman]

Hi!

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Datum: 2015-06-26 16:24
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Ärende: Re: Ang: [OmniOS-discuss] KVM vnics not starting

On 26/06/2015 14:37, Johan Kragsterman wrote:
> Hi!
>
>
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> Datum: 2015-06-26 11:20
> Ärende: [OmniOS-discuss] KVM vnics not starting
>
> 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?
>
>
>
> 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?



No VM's inside zone's, so far....



Are they attached to physical nics or virtual ones?




That I don't understand, VM's needs virtual nics? Perhaps you mean vnic attached to etherstubs? I use both sorts, both to etherstubs and to phys nics.



Are you using hyperthreaded CPUs?



Yes, I use HT.



Johan



Perhaps one of these might make a difference.

Graham.