2015-08-04 15:29 GMT+03:00 Bhattiprolu RaviKumar
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> Nick,
>   Thanks for the reply. I am more looking from virtualization perspective.
> If I have attached VFs to VMs and switching happens in NIC, OVS will not
> know what is happening in NIC. Also, the switching inside NIX is based on
> ethernet MAC address and VLAN. We will not be able to take the full
> advantage of other OVS features like VxLAN encapsulation etc at this moment
> with VFs. Also, number of VFs will be limited and ifd we need to switch
> between VF and a software interface, it will not be possible. This is what I
> mean by support in OVS. Is there any specification whichcal tell HW
> requirements so that OVS can work in this situation seamlessly.


You can use mellanox or something like this cards that have internally
openflow support in nic.

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Vasiliy Tolstov,
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