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Network commands
Commands for working with networks.
The network objects can be listed with the standard object listing command (xe network-list), and the
parameters manipulated with the standard parameter commands. See the section called “Low-level param
commands” for details.
Network parameters
Networks have the following parameters:
Parameter Name Description Type
uuid The unique identifier/object reference for
the network
read only
name-label The name of the network read write
name-description The description text of the network read write
VIF-uuids A list of unique identifiers of the VIFs
(virtual network interfaces) that are
attached from VMs to this network
read only set parameter
PIF-uuids A list of unique identifiers of the PIFs
(physical network interfaces) that are
attached from XenServer hosts to this
network
read only set parameter
bridge name of the bridge corresponding to this
network on the local XenServer host
read only
other-config:static-
routes
comma-separated list of
<subnet>/<netmask>/<gateway>
formatted entries specifying the
gateway address through which to
route subnets. For example, setting
other-config:static-routes to
172.16.0.0/15/192.168.0.3,172.18.0.0/16/192.168.0.4
causes traffic on 172.16.0.0/15 to be
routed over 192.168.0.3 and traffic
on 172.18.0.0/16 to be routed over
192.168.0.4.
read write
other-config:ethtool-
autoneg
set to no to disable autonegotiation of
the physical interface or bridge. Default is
yes.
read write
other-config:ethtool-rx set to on to enable receive checksum,
off to disable
read write
other-config:ethtool-tx set to on to enable transmit checksum,
off to disable
read write
