| Nathan Skrzypczak | 9ad39c0 | 2021-08-19 11:38:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Preparing a VmWare Fusion Host |
| 2 | ============================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | The *vmxnet3 driver* is required on a GigE Network Adapter used by VPP. |
| 5 | On VmWare Fusion, the default Network Adapter driver is an *Intel |
| 6 | 82545EM (e1000)*, and there is no GUI to change it to *vmxnet3*. The |
| 7 | change must be done manually in the VM’s configuration file as follows: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | - Bring up the VM library window: **Window -> Virtual Machine Library** |
| 10 | |
| 11 | - Right click on the VM where you want to change the driver: |
| 12 | <*VM-Name*> **-> Show in Finder**. This pops up a new Finder window |
| 13 | with a line for each VM that Fusion knows about. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | - Right click on the VM where you want to change the driver: |
| 16 | <*VM-Name*> **-> Show package contents**. This brings up a window |
| 17 | with the contents of the package. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | - Open the file <*VM-Name*> **.vmx** with your favorite text editor. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | - For each Network Adapter that you want used by VPP, look for the |
| 22 | Network Adapter’s driver configuration. For example, for the VM’s |
| 23 | first Network Adapter look for: |
| 24 | |
| 25 | :: |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000" |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Replace ``e1000`` with ``vmxnet3``: |
| 30 | |
| 31 | :: |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3" |
| 34 | |
| 35 | and restart the VM. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | If you replaced the driver on your VM’s primary Network Adapter, you |
| 38 | will have to change the primary network interface configuration in |
| 39 | Linux. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | First, get the new primary network interface name: |
| 42 | |
| 43 | :: |
| 44 | |
| 45 | sudo lshw -class network -businfo |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Bus info Device Class Description |
| 48 | ======================================================== |
| 49 | pci@0000:03:00.0 ens160 network VMXNET3 Ethernet Controller |
| 50 | |
| 51 | Replace the existing primary network interface name in |
| 52 | ``/etc/network/interfaces`` with the above device name (ens160): \``\` # |
| 53 | This file describes the network interfaces available on your system, # |
| 54 | and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). |
| 55 | |
| 56 | source /etc/network/interfaces.d/\* |
| 57 | |
| 58 | The loopback network interface |
| 59 | ============================== |
| 60 | |
| 61 | auto lo iface lo inet loopback |
| 62 | |
| 63 | The primary network interface |
| 64 | ============================= |
| 65 | |
| 66 | auto ens160 iface ens160 inet dhcp |