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Xen Networking – Bonding with VLAN Tagging

The simple scripts in /etc/xen/scripts which manage networking are fine for most usages, however, when your server is using bonding together with VLAN tagging (802.11q) you should consider an alternative. A PDF document written by Mark Nielsen, GPS Senior Consultant, Red Hat, Inc (I lost the original link, sorry) named “BOND/VLAN/Xen Network Configuration” as a…

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Xen VMs performance collection

Unlike VMware Server, Xen’s HyperVisor does not allow an easy collection of performance information. The management machine, called “Domain-0” is actually a privileged virtual machine, and thus – get its own small share of CPUs and RAM. Collecting performance information on it will lead to, well, collecting performance information for a single VM, and not…

Sierra AirCard 880E on Ubuntu

To get your newly purchased Sierra AirCard 880E on your Ubuntu Hardy, you should follow these simple steps: Make sure you have GCC on your computer: ‘sudo apt-get install gcc‘ Make sure you have kernel sources installed on your computer: ‘sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.24-19-generic‘ Download the driver from Sierra Wireless site Extract and compile (‘make‘,…