Citrix Systems 5.6 User Manual
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The PIF objects can be listed with the standard object listing command (
xe pif-list), and the parameters
manipulated with the standard parameter commands. See
for details.
PIF parameters
PIFs have the following parameters:
Parameter Name
Description
Type
uuid
the unique identifier/object reference for
the PIF
read only
device
machine-readable name of the interface
(for example, eth0)
read only
MAC
the MAC address of the PIF
read only
other-config
Additional PIF configuration name:value
pairs.
read/write map parameter
physical
if true, the PIF points to an actual
physical network interface
read only
currently-attached
is the PIF currently attached on this host?
true or false
read only
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit of the PIF in
bytes.
read only
VLAN
VLAN tag for all traffic passing through
this interface;
-1
indicates no VLAN tag
is assigned
read only
bond-master-of
the UUID of the bond this PIF is the
master of (if any)
read only
bond-slave-of
the UUID of the bond this PIF is the slave
of (if any)
read only
management
is this PIF designated to be a
management interface for the control
domain
read only
network-uuid
the unique identifier/object reference of
the virtual network to which this PIF is
connected
read only
network-name-label
the name of the of the virtual network to
which this PIF is connected
read only
host-uuid
the unique identifier/object reference of
the XenServer host to which this PIF is
connected
read only