KVM guest unable to connect to the network during PXE boot

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Issue

  • KVM guest unable to connect to the network during PXE boot
  • The following error message is seen on the KVM host:
    Dec  7 10:24:43 bwy005223100d kernel: vnet9: received packet with own address as source address
Dec  7 10:24:44 bwy005223100d kernel: vnet9: received packet with own address as source address
Dec  7 10:24:46 bwy005223100d kernel: vnet9: received packet with own address as source address
Dec  7 10:24:50 bwy005223100d kernel: vnet9: received packet with own address as source address

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2
  • KVM

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