
Warning:
Once the management interface is disabled, you will have to log in on the physical host console to perform management tasks and external interfaces such as XenCenter will no longer work.
Adding a new physical NIC
Install a new physical NIC on a XenServer host in the usual manner. Then, after restarting the server, run the xe CLI command
NIC/PIF ordering in resource pools
It is possible for physical NIC devices to be discovered in different orders on different servers even though the servers contain the same hardware. Verifying NIC ordering is recommended before using the pooling features of XenServer.
Verifying NIC ordering
Use the
xe
uuid ( RO) | : | |
device | ( RO): | eth0 |
MAC | ( RO): | 00:19:bb:2d:7e:8a |
( RO): | true | |
management | ( RO): | true |
( RO): | DHCP | |
carrier | ( RO): | true |
uuid ( RO) | : | |
device | ( RO): | eth1 |
MAC | ( RO): | 00:19:bb:2d:7e:7a |
( RO): | false | |
management | ( RO): | false |
( RO): | None | |
carrier | ( RO): | true |
If the hosts have already been joined in a pool, add the
Re-ordering NICs
It is not possible to directly rename a PIF, although you can use the
•The XenServer host must be standalone and not joined to a resource pool.
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For the example configuration shown above use the following steps to change the NIC ordering so that eth0 corresponds to the device with a MAC address of 00:19:bb:2d:7e:7a:
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