</devices>
...</pre>
+ <h5><a name="elementsNICSDirect">Direct attachment to physical interface</a></h5>
+
+ <p>
+ Provides direct attachment of the virtual machine's NIC to the given
+ physial interface of the host. This setup requires the Linux macvtap
+ driver to be available. One of the modes 'vepa', 'bridge' or 'private'
+ can be chosen for the operation mode of the macvtap device, 'vepa'
+ being the default mode.
+ </p>
+
+<pre>
+ ...
+ <devices>
+ <interface type='direct'/>
+ ...
+ <interface type='direct'>
+ <source dev='eth0' mode='vepa'/>
+ </interface>
+ </devices>
+ ...</pre>
+
+
<h5><a name="elementsNICSMulticast">Multicast tunnel</a></h5>
<p>