[libvirt-users] "connect at power-on" NIC feature equivalent to that found in ESX

[Martin Kletzander]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 05:50:47PM -0500, Ron Parker wrote:
>As a work-around, you can remove the NIC from the VM before starting it,
>edit the network configuration files and then re-add the hardware.  This
>has worked for me.
>

Or you can just use:
<link state='down'/>

https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementLink

>On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Ryan, Lyle <lyle.ryan at cubic.com> wrote:
>
>>  With ESX and the vSphere Client, I can enable or disable a VM’s NIC to
>> “connect at power-on”.
>>
>> This is very useful when cloning, since you can leave the NIC not
>> connected, power-up the VM, connect to it’s console, and modify ifcfg-eth0
>> etc, before bringing the VM online.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is there a virsh equivalent way of doing this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks….Lyle
>>
>>
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