The "external-id" key is just meant to provide context to another entity, such
as a centralized controller, which can implement behavior such as creating
logical networks. The data, in and of itself, doesn't impact how OVS behaves.
You may find the Integration Gude that ships with the distribution useful:
http://openvswitch.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=openvswitch;a=blob;f=IntegrationGuide
--Justin
On Sep 16, 2012, at 9:05 PM, Saleha Asad <salehag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes I am using the command as specified in the ovs-vsctl page but once I set
> the External ID and it gets stored in Open vSwitch database how can I use
> this ID for network virtualization and include it in the packet header that I
> send over the tunnel?
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Justin Pettit <jpet...@nicira.com> wrote:
> You can use "br-get-external-id", as documented in the ovs-vsctl man page.
> You can also use the lower-level commands such as "get" with appropriate
> arguments. Does that answer your question or are you asking how to query it
> programmatically without using ovs-vsctl?
>
> --Justin
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:02 AM, Saleha Asad <salehag...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am exploring the ovs vsctl command the Open VSwitch database. As far as I
> > have understood the external IDs in the OVS can be used for network
> > virtualization and the ID can be set using the br-set-external-id command.
> > My question is that when I set this ID then how can I access it from the
> > database to use in my code?
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