Citrix Systems 5.6 Manuel D’Utilisation
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Parameter Name
Description
Type
other-config:promiscuous
true
to a VIF to be
promiscuous on the bridge,
so that it sees all traffic over
the bridge. Useful for running
an Intrusion Detection System
(IDS) or similar in a VM.
read write
network-uuid
the unique identifier/object
reference of the virtual
network to which this VIF is
connected
read only
network-name-label
the descriptive name of the
virtual network to which this
VIF is connected
read only
io_read_kbs
average read rate in kB/s for
this VIF
read only
io_write_kbs
average write rate in kB/s for
this VIF
read only
vif-create
vif-create
vm-uuid=
<uuid_of_the_vm>
device=
<see below>
network-uuid=
<uuid_of_the_network_the_vif_will_connect_to>
[mac=
<mac_address>
]
Create a new VIF on a VM.
Appropriate values for the
device
field are listed in the parameter
allowed-VIF-devices
on the
specified VM. Before any VIFs exist there, the allowable values are integers from
0
-
15
.
The
mac
parameter is the standard MAC address in the form
aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
. If you leave it
unspecified, an appropriate random MAC address will be created. You can also explicitly set a random MAC
address by specifying
mac=random
.
vif-destroy
vif-destroy
uuid=
<uuid_of_vif>
Destroy a VIF.
vif-plug
vif-plug
uuid=
<uuid_of_vif>
Attempt to attach the VIF while the VM is in the running state.
vif-unplug
vif-unplug
uuid=
<uuid_of_vif>