Prerequisites
Follow the instructions at the IVS Installation Guide to get IVS installed and running.
Installation
Install the packages required for kvm
sudo apt-get install kvm libvirt-bin virtinst
Remove the bridge created by libvirt
(Do this step only if you are exclusively using xenon for your virtual network topology on this host.)
sudo virsh net-destroy default; sudo virsh net-autostart \--disable default
Create the following script which adds the TAP interface to the xenon switch when machines are started
/etc/ivs-ifup #!/bin/sh /sbin/ifconfig $1 0.0.0.0 up /usr/sbin/xenon-ctl add-port indigo $1