On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:02:14AM +0900, Derek Cormier wrote: > I created my virtual bridge vbr0 using ovs-vsctl while ovs-vswitchd > was running. I now want to use ovs-openflowd instead.
Why? > However, it seems I cannot form a connection between ovs-controller > and ovs-openflowd unless I do an ifconfig on vbr0. This, however, > requires ovs-vswitchd to be running. How can I do this using only > ovs-openflowd? ovs-openflowd and ovs-vswitchd are mutually exclusive. You should not run both of them at once; it will not work properly. > Also, I'm not exactly sure which IP address I should use for the > datapath, and which IP address I should use for running in-band > communication. Normally these are one and the same. > I tried using ptcp: to connect the controller and OpenFlow switch but > this didn't work. The switch would normally specify the controller as "tcp:1.2.3.4" and the controller listen on "ptcp:". (Well, SSL would be better.) > My set-up is as follows: > > - Open vSwitch runs in a Virtual Machine. > - Other vm hosts connect to the switch vm via an internal network > (one for each host). This is an unusual setup. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
