On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 02:15:20PM -0700, Jeff Welsch wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a question regarding the interface speed of GRE tunnels. I have > created a GRE tunnel between two instances of OVS and am able to pass traffic > through the tunnel. The command used to configure the tunnel(s) was: > > ovs-vsctl add-port br0 gre0 -- set interface gre0 type=gre > options:remote_ip=address > > My question is that when I show the interface using ovs-ofctl br0 show, OVS > reports the port speed as 100Mbps even though I am using a 1G NIC: > > 2(gre0): addr:82:34:a7:24:07:d4 > config: 0 > state: 0 > speed: 100 Mbps now, 100 Mbps max > > Is this normal behavior? This information seems to indicate to me that OVS > may be limiting the GRE tunnel to 100 Mbps. I have tried to set the port > speed through the configuration options but cannot get it to change.
A GRE tunnel doesn't have a speed. ovs-vswitchd can't figure out the speed so it's just guessing 100 Mbps. It's not limiting the GRE tunnel speed. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
