RHEL6: Can't communicate between guest VMs using ixgbe Virtual Function and guest VMs using a bridge

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • A RHEL host contains (at least) two KVM guests
    • guest0 uses an SR-IOV Virtual Function of an Intel NIC (ixgbe driver) via PCI passthrough
    • guest1 uses a virtio or emulated NIC, bridged via br0 to the Intel NIC's Physical Function
  • Both guest0 and guest1 can communicate with with hosts elsewhere on the physical network, but cannot communicate with each other

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Intel 10Gb NIC, 82599 based or similar, using ixgbe driver
  • KVM guests

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