Network Virtualization and Resource Control--Crossbow pre-Beta
The pre-beta bits and updated material for Project Crossbow have been posted to the opensolaris.org web site. If splitting up a NIC into several virtual NICs, limiiting network bandwidth, allocating CPUs to specific network traffic, faster datagram forwarding, or enhance visibility of what your network traffic looks like, check it out.
The code is available as a customized Nevada build 81 image, or you can install the BFU bits on top of an existing build 81 install. It may work with a slightly older or newer build (I did some testing with build 82), but that has not been fully tested.
Plans are to put the features into Nevada after the beta period and your feedback.
Thanks to the engineering for all the effort in getting this out! Many of my customers have been waiting for this to become available.
