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Specify the interface to dedicate to CHARON:eth1
Turning off offloading for eth1.. Please wait

select action:

1 - Dedicate to CHARON 
2 - Release to host
3 - Create Bridge with TAPs
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Add VLAN
6 - Remove VLAN
7 - Print status
6
8 - Exit

:> 5 7

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Now the interface "eth1" is dedicated to CHARON-AXP:

Interfaces Dedicated to State
---------- ------------ ------------
eth0       host         connected to host
eth1       CHARON       disconnected from host
lo         host         unmanaged from host

=================================================================
=
 
bridge
name     bridge id        STP enabled            interfaces

select action:
1 - Dedicate to CHARON
2 - Release to host
3 - Create Bridge with TAPs
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Print status
6 - Exit

Enter "6" to return to console prompt.

Now "eth1" can be used by CHARON-AXP.

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Release of a host physical interface back to host

Login as root and enter "ncu". The following menu will appear:

# ncu
CHARON Network Configuration Utility, STROMASYS (c) 2015 Version 1.5  

Interfaces Dedicated to State
---------- ------------ ------------
eth0       host         connected to host
eth1       CHARON       disconnected from host
lo         host         unmanaged from host
 name            bridge id         STP enabled     interfaces 
========================== VLAN =================================
=================================================================

select action:

1 - Dedicate to CHARON 
2 - Release to host
3 - Create Bridge with TAPs
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Add VLAN
6 - Remove VLAN
7 - Print status
8 - Exit

Enter "8" to return to console prompt.

Now "eth1" can be used by CHARON-AXP.

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Release of a host physical interface back to host

Login as root and enter "ncu". The following menu will appear:

# ncu
CHARON Network Configuration Utility, STROMASYS (c) 2016 Version 1.6  

Interfaces Dedicated to State
---------- ------------ ------------
eth0       host         connected to host
eth1       CHARON       disconnected from host
lo         host         unmanaged from host

================================================================= 
bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
========================== VLAN =================================
=================================================================
=
bridge name     bridge id        STP enabled            interfaces

select action:

1 - Dedicate to CHARON 
2 - Release to host
3 - Create
Bridge with TAPs
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Print status
6 -
 Bridge with TAPs 
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Add VLAN
6 - Remove VLAN
7 - Print status
8 - Exit

:> 2

Let's say that we want to return the interface "eth1" (currently dedicated to CHARON) back to host. To do that enter "2" then "eth1":

Specify the interface to release to HOST:eth1
Connection successfully activated (D-Bus active path: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/3)

select action:

1 - Dedicate to CHARON 
2 - Release to host
3 - Create Bridge with TAPs
4 - Remove Bridge
5 - Add VLAN
6 - Remove VLAN
7 - Print status
6
8 - Exit

:> 6 8

Enter "68" to quit the "ncu" utility.

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