more than 10 nic (and/or bridge) on proxmox VE

[stef]

Hi all
I have a machine with 14 nics onboard to be used as a firewall/router.
The original idea was to install debian + iptables + dns +dhcp +vpn and some other small services on that machine.
Later came in mind that it could be interesting to separate some service inside some virtual machines and so i think: Proxmox!
But it seems that it is not possible to use nic above eth9 and the same for the bridge (vmbr*), as reported in the docs. (http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Network_Model)
Is there a safe
[*] way to use that 4 nics (maybe some trick on the command line) from proxmox? Or it might be safer to keep the original idea?

thanks
Stef

[*] at least that can survive an upgrade

 

[dietmar]

Is there a safe
[*] way to use that 4 nics (maybe some trick on the command line) from proxmox?

no, currently not.

Or it might be safer to keep the original idea?

running VMs and the firewall ond the same HW is not recommended anyways.

- Dietmar