I need some info about advanced KVM network parameters. By advanced I mean the onces that are not accesible form GUI. Something like: network interface bandwidth setting max transfer rate for emulated network card Are there any? I've had hard time googling for them

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KVM - advanced network parameters (like network interface bandwidth, setting max transfer rate for emulated network card)

I need some info about advanced KVM network parameters. By advanced I mean the onces that are not accesible form GUI. Something like:

network interface bandwidth
setting max transfer rate for emulated network card

Are there any? I've had hard time googling for them

Upvotes: 4

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user3134198

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Above link given by dtatulea is really good.

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dtatulea

Reputation: 181

Emulated cards run with tap/macvtap interfaces from Linux. That's where you can set/query the parameters of the interface. For more gory details about tap interfaces & qemu you can read this post.

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KVM - advanced network parameters (like network interface bandwidth, setting max transfer rate for emulated network card)

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