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Libvirt native C API and daemons
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An ESX server has one or more PhysicalNics that represent the actual hardware NICs. Those can be listed via the interface driver. A libvirt virtual network is mapped to a HostVirtualSwitch. On the physical side a HostVirtualSwitch can be connected to PhysicalNics. On the virtual side a HostVirtualSwitch has HostPortGroups that are mapped to libvirt virtual network's portgroups. Typically there is HostPortGroups named 'VM Network' that is used to connect virtual machines to a HostVirtualSwitch. A second HostPortGroup typically named 'Management Network' is used to connect the hypervisor itself to the HostVirtualSwitch. This one is not mapped to a libvirt virtual network's portgroup. There can be more HostPortGroups than those typical two on a HostVirtualSwitch. +---------------+-------------------+ ...---| | | +-------------+ | HostPortGroup | |---| PhysicalNic | | VM Network | | | vmnic0 | ...---| | | +-------------+ +---------------+ HostVirtualSwitch | | vSwitch0 | +---------------+ | | HostPortGroup | | ...---| Management | | | Network | | +---------------+-------------------+ The virtual counterparts of the PhysicalNic is the HostVirtualNic for the hypervisor and the VirtualEthernetCard for the virtual machines that are grouped into HostPortGroups. +---------------------+ +---------------+---... | VirtualEthernetCard |---| | +---------------------+ | HostPortGroup | +---------------------+ | VM Network | | VirtualEthernetCard |---| | +---------------------+ +---------------+ | +---------------+ +---------------------+ | HostPortGroup | | HostVirtualNic |---| Management | +---------------------+ | Network | +---------------+---... The currently implemented network driver can list, define and undefine HostVirtualSwitches including HostPortGroups for virtual machines. Existing HostVirtualSwitches cannot be edited yet. This will be added in a followup patch. |
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LibVirt : simple API for virtualization Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). It is free software available under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Virtualization of the Linux Operating System means the ability to run multiple instances of Operating Systems concurrently on a single hardware system where the basic resources are driven by a Linux instance. The library aim at providing long term stable C API initially for the Xen paravirtualization but should be able to integrate other virtualization mechanisms if needed. Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>