vmware promiscuous mode

vmware promiscuous mode

[Fran]

As a heads up to everyone, VMware requires you to take special 
precautions when trying to put a virtual nic into promiscuous mode, 
which is required for Xen networking to work.

I spent a fair amount of time diagnosing Xen network problems when it 
wasn't Xen at all.  As I was just beginning to learn Xen, I was 
convinced it was something I was doing wrong, when it wasn't at all.

Here are some docs on how to get the virt nic into promiscuous mode:

http://www.vmware.com/support/esx2/doc/esx20admin_netwk5.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/gsx3/doc/network_promiscuous_gsx.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws45/doc/network_promiscuous_ws.html

-Fran


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