Can you create ACLs with open vSwitch on XenServer 5.6FP1 without using the DVS appliance?

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Published on 2011-01-10T18:42:42Z Indexed on 2011/01/10 18:55 UTC
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I have a pool of XenServer hosts running the Free version of XenServer 5.6 FP1. I was wondering if I change the network backend to use Open vSwitch if I can specify ACLs on individual network VIFs without needing to use the DVS appliance (distributed virtual switch) which requires an Advanced License or higher.

Basically I'm looking for a way to isolate VMs on my network so that if a user had root access on the command line they couldn't access other servers they should not be able to (without using a VLAN).

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