We at Nicira don't have official support for VirtualBox. But, if VirtualBox sets up "tap" devices or some other kind of kernel-based network device, then you should be able to create an Open vSwitch bridge for them and add the tap devices to it.
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 03:51:52PM +0200, Zoltán Lajos Kis wrote: > VDE is not a requirement for me. I thought that was the way to go when > switching between VirtualBox instances. What is the supported way > then? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 6:38 PM > To: Zoltán Lajos Kis > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OVS and VirtualBox > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:00:13AM +0200, Zoltán Lajos Kis wrote: > > I have a setup, where VirtualBox VM's are connected via a VDE > > switch[1]. According to the HotNets '09 paper [2] OVS emulates the VDE > > interfaces. So what I am trying to do is to replace the VDE switch > > with an OVS one. Is there some documentation available on how to do > > this? Has anyone experimented with this? > > OVS did have experimental support for replacing VDE, but it didn't ever get > merged into mainline. We still have the branch, but it is over a year > out-of-date. If you want it, we can probably pass it along; I'll ask about > that. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
