Please see my response below.

> On Nov 27, 2015, at 4:26 AM, David Gabriel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dears,
> 
> I have an issue with my network connection in the VM side.
> In fact, I set up an ovs bridge then I use this command to set up my VM :
> kvm -m 512 -net nic,macaddr=00:11:22:EE:EE:EE -net 
> tap,script=/etc/ovs-ifup,downscript=/etc/ovs-ifdown -drive 
> file=/home/ubuntu/lubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso,boot=on
> 
> The problem here is that network connection is not working fine. Indeed, the 
> network icon is continuously searching ... without getting any stable state 
> that allows me to set an address by ifconfig command.
> Please note that I am running my ovs inside a VM using VMware workstation and 
> the other VM (using nested virtualization) that should connect to my ovs is 
> set up by kvm using the aformentioned command in the same outer VM (where ovs 
> is running).
> I am looking  for your help to fix this issue !


I'd recommend using the libvirt integration with OVS. Here's one example of how 
to do that:

<http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/11/07/using-vlans-with-ovs-and-libvirt/>

Also, note that you might need to adjust VMware Workstation's settings to run a 
hypervisor with nested guests. This document has some information that may help:

<https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8970>

Good luck!

-- 
Scott

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