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Installing the Linux guest agent, Procedure 4.3. To change the guest installer network values

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Installing Linux VMs with real IP addresses already in use in your network. The default range of IP addresses is 192.168.128.1 to 192.168.128.254, and the default netmask is 255.255.255.0. Procedure 4.3. To change the guest installer network values 1. Open a text console on the XenServer Host or install the CLI for remote use. 2. Find the guest installer network: xe network-list The command will return the list of networks available to the XenServer Host. The one you want has the name-label Guest installer network. 3. Examine the other-config parameters of the guest installer network: xe network-param-list uuid= The command will a subset of the guest installer network's parameters, including the other-config parameter. If the values are set to the default described above, you will see the line: other-config (MRW): is_guest_installer_network: true; ip_begin: 169.254.0.1; \ ip_end: 169.254.255.254; netmask: 255.255.0.0 4. To change the IP address range the guest installer network will use, edit the ip_begin, ip_end, and netmask values as follows: xe network-param-set uuid= \ other-config:ip_begin= \ other-config:ip_end= \ other-config:netmask= Do not change the value of the parameter is_guest_installer_network. 4.5. Installing the Linux guest agent Although all the supported Linux distributions are natively paravirtualized (and thus do not need special drivers for full performance), XenServer includes a guest agent which provides additional information about the VM to the host. This additional information includes: • Linux distribution name and version (major, minor revision). • Kernel version (uname). • IP address of each Ethernet interface. • Total and free memory within the VM. 19

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Installing Linux VMs
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with real IP addresses already in use in your network. The default range of IP addresses is 192.168.128.1
to 192.168.128.254, and the default netmask is 255.255.255.0.
Procedure 4.3. To change the guest installer network values
1.
Open a text console on the XenServer Host or install the CLI for remote use.
2.
Find the guest installer network:
xe network-list
The command will return the list of networks available to the XenServer Host. The one you want has
the name-label
Guest installer network
.
3.
Examine the other-config parameters of the guest installer network:
xe network-param-list uuid=<UUID of the guest installer network>
The command will a subset of the guest installer network's parameters, including the
other-config
pa-
rameter. If the values are set to the default described above, you will see the line:
other-config (MRW): is_guest_installer_network: true; ip_begin: 169.254.0.1; \
ip_end: 169.254.255.254; netmask: 255.255.0.0
4.
To change the IP address range the guest installer network will use, edit the
ip_begin
,
ip_end
, and
netmask
values as follows:
xe network-param-set uuid=<UUID of the guest installer network> \
other-config:ip_begin=<desired IP range beginning> \
other-config:ip_end=<desired IP range end> \
other-config:netmask=<desired netmask>
Do
not
change the value of the parameter
is_guest_installer_network
.
4.5. Installing the Linux guest agent
Although all the supported Linux distributions are natively paravirtualized (and thus do not need special
drivers for full performance), XenServer includes a guest agent which provides additional information about
the VM to the host. This additional information includes:
•
Linux distribution name and version (major, minor revision).
•
Kernel version (uname).
•
IP address of each Ethernet interface.
•
Total and free memory within the VM.