B.2. How to Set Up Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager to Use Ethtool

Procedure B.1. Adding the ethtool_opts Key to the Manager

1. On the Manager, run the following command to add the key:

   # engine-config -s UserDefinedNetworkCustomProperties=ethtool_opts=.* --cver=3.6
   

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2. Restart the ovirt-engine service:

   # service ovirt-engine restart

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3. On the hosts that you want to configure ethtool properties, install the VDSM hook package. The package is available by default on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor but needs to be installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts.

   # yum install vdsm-hook-ethtool-options

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