On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 04:32:56PM +0530, kevin parker wrote: > I am new to OVS and trying to understand OVS working. > > *With out controller:* > On my kvm host(ubuntu 12.04) i have > ovs-vswitchd running with out any controller. > version 1.6.9
This is a very odd choice of version, especially since we never released a version 1.6.9. > In this case i guess ovs is not working as open flow based switch. It's a pretty pathological example of one, since there's only one flow. > as "ovs-ofctl dump-flows " is only showing default flow. > but still able to see flows in "ovs-dpctl dump-flows " > * > * > *1. *Are these flows same as flows created when connected to a controller?. That's an odd question. No, they aren't the same, otherwise why would it be worthwhile to connect a controller? > *2. *Are these flows generated by user space process ovs-vswitchd? Yes. > *3. *Isn't flow crucial for packet to flow through data path,if it is not > always necessary to create flow (as per old mailing list) why it creates > flow :-) I don't understand this question. > > *With ovs-controller* Don't use ovs-controller. It is a test program, not a useful part of a deployment. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
