XenServer Administrator's Guide 4.1.0

Networking

xe pif-list params=uuid,device,MAC,currently-attached,carrier,management, \

IP-configuration-mode

uuid ( RO) : 1ef8209d-5db5-cf69-3fe6-0e8d24f8f518

device ( RO): eth0

MAC ( RO): 00:19:bb:2d:7e:8a

currently-attached ( RO): true

management ( RO): true

IP-configuration-mode ( RO): DHCP

carrier ( RO): true

uuid ( RO) : 829fd476-2bbb-67bb-139f-d607c09e9110

device ( RO): eth1

MAC ( RO): 00:19:bb:2d:7e:7a

currently-attached ( RO): false

management ( RO): false

IP-configuration-mode ( RO): None

carrier ( RO): true

If the hosts have already been joined in a pool, add the host-uuid parameter to the pif-list command to

scope the results to the PIFs on a given host.

4.3.4.2. Re-ordering NICs

It is not possible to directly rename a PIF, although you can use the pif-forget and pif-introduce commands

to achieve the same effect with the following restrictions:

• The XenServer Host must be standalone and not joined to a resource pool.

• Re-ordering a PIF configured as the host's management interface requires additional steps which are

included in the example below. Because the management interface must first be disabled the commands

must be entered directly on the host console.

For the example configuration shown above use the following steps to change the NIC ordering so that eth0

corresponds to the device with a MAC address of 00:19:bb:2d:7e:7a:

1. Use XenCenter or the vm-shutdown command to shut down all VMs in the pool to force existing VIFs

to be unplugged from their networks.

xe vm-shutdown uuid=<VM UUID>

2. Use the host-management-disable command to disable the management interface:

xe host-management-disable

3. Use the pif-forget command to remove the two incorrect PIF records: