From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga14.intel.com (mga14.intel.com [192.55.52.115]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF0CDE3 for ; Fri, 15 May 2015 11:31:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from orsmga002.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.21]) by fmsmga103.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 May 2015 02:31:25 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,433,1427785200"; d="scan'208";a="729650495" Received: from irsmsx104.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.159]) by orsmga002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 May 2015 02:31:25 -0700 Received: from irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.7.73]) by IRSMSX104.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.49]) with mapi id 14.03.0224.002; Fri, 15 May 2015 10:31:23 +0100 From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" To: "Richardson, Bruce" , Stephen Hemminger Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] How do you setup a VM in Promiscuous Mode using PCI Pass-Through (SR-IOV)? Thread-Index: AdCOjk4sR+QxMfZpRpCFxRUJ6L7QSgACaCOAABRBmoAAAisswA== Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:31:22 +0000 Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB9772582142F279@irsmsx105.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <9478F0FB69DAA249AF0A9BDA1E6ED95218817AB9@US70TWXCHMBA07.zam.alcatel-lucent.com> <20150514164719.7b68b0ef@urahara> <20150515092719.GA1520@bricha3-MOBL3> In-Reply-To: <20150515092719.GA1520@bricha3-MOBL3> Accept-Language: en-IE, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Assaad, Sami \(Sami\)" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] How do you setup a VM in Promiscuous Mode using PCI Pass-Through (SR-IOV)? X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:31:27 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 10:27 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Assaad, Sami (Sami) > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] How do you setup a VM in Promiscuous Mode using P= CI Pass-Through (SR-IOV)? >=20 > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 04:47:19PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Thu, 14 May 2015 21:38:24 +0000 > > "Assaad, Sami (Sami)" wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > My Hardware consists of the following: > > > - DL380 Gen 9 Server supporting two Haswell Processors (Xeon CPU E5= -2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz) > > > - An x540 Ethernet Controller Card supporting 2x10G ports. > > > > > > Software: > > > - CentOS 7 (3.10.0-229.1.2.el7.x86_64) > > > - DPDK 1.8 > > > > > > I want all the network traffic received on the two 10G ports to be tr= ansmitted to my VM. The issue is that the Virtual Function / > Physical Functions have setup the internal virtual switch to only route E= thernet packets with destination MAC address matching the > VM virtual interface MAC. How can I configure my virtual environment to p= rovide all network traffic to the VM...i.e. set the virtual > functions for both PCI devices in Promiscuous mode? > > > > > > [ If a l2fwd-vf example exists, this would actually solve this proble= m ... Is there a DPDK l2fwd-vf example available? ] > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > Sami Assaad. > > > > This is a host side (not DPDK) issue. > > > > Intel PF driver will not allow guest (VF) to go into promiscious mode > > since it would allow traffic stealing which is a security violation. >=20 > Could you maybe try passing the PF directly into the VM, rather than a VF= based > off it? Since you seem to want all traffic to go to the one VM, there see= ms little > point in creating a VF on the device, and should let the VM control the w= hole > NIC directly. As I remember, with ixgbe it is possible to make one VF a mirror (receive a= copy of all traffic). Konstantin >=20 > Regards, > /Bruce