Managing networking

We have introduced some of the main concepts related to networking in XenServer. It is now time to put them into practice using our laboratory environment. Later, we will cover VLANs, bonds, and vSwitch Controller.

Changing networking configuration

Using XenCenter, you can click on the Networking tab for a server or for the pool to see all the networks and management interfaces currently configured on the server or pool, with information about each one such as link status or MAC address.

From this tab, you can modify your XenServer networking configuration adding, removing, or modifying virtual networks and management interfaces.

Adding and modifying virtual networks

At the beginning of the chapter, we discovered that XenServer creates a virtual network for each physical network interface found on the system and assigns them a default name. The name associated with the created networks is Network 0 and so on.

Usually, a good administrator renames them with a descriptive and...