I have a KVM enterprise host as a guest on VM with a Red Hat 7.1 virtual guest. The KVM host has a fixed IP address and the Red Hat 7.1 virtual guest has dhcp configured. I am able to ssh into the Red Hat 7.1 virtual guest from the KVM host. I want to be able to ssh in from my desktop as I am able to do with the KVM host. Can I achieve this connectivity if I provide a static ip address to the Red Hat 7.1 virtual guest that is on the same sub-net as the KVM host?

I have tried several unsuccessful attempts with using bridges, macvtap, and vlans. The host is connected via OSA connections. The system has an additional OSA connection if needed. I have been unable to piece this part of the network. I am seeking guidance with the network components
that will achieve this task. Thanks

You should be able to set the network adapter to bridge mode then assign an IP on the network on which it is connected to and then access it from the rest of the network.

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Found my solution. The main issue preventing this configuration was that I had the wrong type of OSA connection. I needed a real OSA device and not a virtual OSA device. Then I needed to configure the OSA device with a different layer2 field that is specified on the OPTIONS parameter.
Changed -
OPTIONS="layer2=0 portname=VSWVM portno=0 buffer_count=128"
To -
OPTIONS="layer2=1 portname=VSWVM portno=0 buffer_count=128"
Configured the virual guest to use a macvtap bridge in the .xml file.
<interface type="direct">
<mac address="02:00:00:85:00:69"/>
<source dev='enccw0.0.2e10' mode='bridge'/>
<model type="virtio"/>
<address type="ccw" cssid="0xfe" ssid="0x0" devno="0x0004"/>
</interface>
Then defined the guest's ifcfg-eth0 connection to use the ip address that I wanted to use.
I am able to ssh directly into the virtual guest system from my workstation.

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