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Part III. Configuration

Configuring virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

These chapters cover configuration procedures for various advanced virtualization tasks. These tasks include adding network and storage devices, enhancing security, improving performance, and using the para-virtualized drivers on fully virtualized guests.

Table of Contents

10. Network Configuration

10.1. Network Address Translation (NAT) with libvirt
10.2. Bridged networking with libvirt

11. KVM Para-virtualized Drivers

11.1. Using the para-virtualized drivers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.9 guests

11.2. Installing the KVM Windows para-virtualized drivers

11.2.1. Installing the drivers on an installed Windows guest
11.2.2. Installing drivers during the Windows installation

11.3. Using KVM para-virtualized drivers for existing devices

11.4. Using KVM para-virtualized drivers for new devices

12. PCI passthrough

12.1. Adding a PCI device with virsh
12.2. Adding a PCI device with virt-manager
12.3. PCI passthrough with virt-install

13. SR-IOV

13.1. Introduction
13.2. Using SR-IOV
13.3. Troubleshooting SR-IOV

14. KVM guest timing management