this patch also made ethernetport a bit different from networkport: ethernetport would include the ports on the bridge/switch, not only the ports on the VMs. The bridge/swtich is named with a prefix "VS_". testing result: A VM "test1" with 2 ports, is started, then: wbemcli -nl ein 'http://root:123456xwc@localhost:5988/root/virt:KVM_EthernetPort' localhost:5988/root/virt:KVM_EthernetPort.CreationClassName="KVM_EthernetPort",DeviceID="test/52:54:00:74:bf:1f",SystemCreationClassName="KVM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="test" localhost:5988/root/virt:KVM_EthernetPort.CreationClassName="KVM_EthernetPort",DeviceID="test1/52:54:00:6e:0c:0b",SystemCreationClassName="KVM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="test1" localhost:5988/root/virt:KVM_EthernetPort.CreationClassName="KVM_EthernetPort",DeviceID="VS_br0/vnet0",SystemCreationClassName="KVM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="VS_br0" localhost:5988/root/virt:KVM_EthernetPort.CreationClassName="KVM_EthernetPort",DeviceID="test1/52:54:00:a5:60:4a",SystemCreationClassName="KVM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="test1" localhost:5988/root/virt:KVM_EthernetPort.CreationClassName="KVM_EthernetPort",DeviceID="VS_default/vnet1",SystemCreationClassName="KVM_ComputerSystem",SystemName="VS_default" -- Best Regards Wayne Xia mail:xiawenc@linux.vnet.ibm.com tel:86-010-82450803