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* Recommended network driver for a windows KVM guest
@ 2010-02-17 10:51 carlopmart
  2010-02-18  8:22 ` Dor Laor
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: carlopmart @ 2010-02-17 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm

Hi all,

  I need to install several windows KVM (rhel5.4 host fully updated) guests for 
iSCSI boot. iSCSI servers are Solaris/OpenSolaris storage servers and I need to boot 
windows guests (2008R2 and Win7) using gpxe. Can i use virtio net dirver during 
windows install or e1000 driver??

Many thanks.
-- 
CL Martinez
carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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* Re: Recommended network driver for a windows KVM guest
  2010-02-17 10:51 Recommended network driver for a windows KVM guest carlopmart
@ 2010-02-18  8:22 ` Dor Laor
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dor Laor @ 2010-02-18  8:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: carlopmart; +Cc: kvm

On 02/17/2010 12:51 PM, carlopmart wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to install several windows KVM (rhel5.4 host fully updated)
> guests for iSCSI boot. iSCSI servers are Solaris/OpenSolaris storage
> servers and I need to boot windows guests (2008R2 and Win7) using gpxe.
> Can i use virtio net dirver during windows install or e1000 driver??

rhel5.4 does not have gpxe so it won't work. rhel5.5 will have such but
I don't recall someone testing iScsi with kvm+gpxe on upstream too, 
worth testing.

Anyway, virtio performs better than e1000 and potentially more stable 
than it.

>
> Many thanks.


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