This isn't an Open vSwitch question--Open vSwitch doesn't implement the
virtual NICs.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 04:06:56PM -0400, tim huang wrote:
> yes, I can understand. However, I'm not working on the production or real
> network but trying to implement some of my thoughts with openvswitch and I
> only need to set the link speed lower to create artificial congestion in
> the network.
> 
> From my understanding, the only way to set the openvswitch port speed is to
> use openvswitch with some of physical NICs, right? Even setup the network
> within a ESXi server using different virtual machines for openvswitches and
> hosts can not change the port link speed of the openvswitches.
> 
> Thanks for your patient replies
> 
> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Ben Pfaff <b...@nicira.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 03:38:14PM -0400, tim huang wrote:
> > > Does this mean the virtual NIC doesn't support changing the link speed? I
> > > asked one of my friends he said the command works fine with his physical
> > > NIC. Cause I'm using ubuntu as the virtual machine with my Mac, I don't
> > > have any physical NIC to test it out. My ubuntu is 12.04.0.
> >
> > Virtual NICs don't have a useful speed.
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> Tim
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