To install the KVM guest operating system (eg: RHEL) from the network
– Create the bridge interface on the KVM host machine (http://arunnsblog.com/2010/04/09/virtualization-with-kvm-under-redhat-linux-migrate-vmware-virtual-images-to-kvm/)
– Make sure that the gateway is configured in the bridge interface (GATEWAY=).
– Make sure that you have the required rules added to the iptables:
-A FORWARD -m physdev --physdev-is-bridged -j ACCEPT
– Create virtual machine with supported network interface type (pcnet, rtl8139 used to work)
– Add the mac address of kvm guest to the dhcp server
Start the virtual machine and see if it can kick start from the network.
You can trouble shoot with a tcpdump on the KVM host machine:
tcpdump -i br0 port bootps -vvv -s 1500
./arun