Here is the log error when I try to add a meter: #ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow15 add-meter br0 meter=100,kbps,band=type=drop,rate=300000
Error in ovs-vswitchd.log: 2018-12-28T08:52:06.462Z|00653|connmgr|INFO|br0<->unix#224: sending OFPMMFC_INVALID_METER error reply to OFPT_METER_MOD message The kernel verion I updated to is: #uname -a Linux ubuntu 4.15.1-041501-generic #201802031831 SMP Sat Feb 3 18:32:13 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Could it be that that updating kernel to a supported version i.e. 4.15.1 does not work? Best Regards, Ramzah Rehman On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:44 PM Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > Check the OVS log for a message that mentions meters. > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 08:30:54PM +0500, Ramzah Rehman wrote: > > I have Ubuntu 14.04.5 with kernel version 4.4. I updated kernel version > to > > 4.15.1 which supports kernel datapaths. > > > > I don't want to use DPDK since I don't have DPDK compatible network > cards. > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 8:24 PM Ben Pfaff <[email protected] wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 12:02:50PM +0500, Ramzah Rehman wrote: > > > > It is mentioned in FAQ of QoS that "Open vSwitch 2.10 has implemented > > > > meters in the Linux kernel datapath " which means we can use meters > in > > > > kernel datapath. However, when I try to add meter, I get > > > > OFPMMFC_INVALID_METER error. This is what I did. > > > > > > > > #ovs-vsctl add-br br0 > > > > #ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 > > > > > > > > protocols=OpenFlow10,OpenFlow11,OpenFlow12,OpenFlow13,OpenFlow14,OpenFlow15 > > > > #ovs-ofctl -O OpenFlow15 add-meter br0 > > > > meter=100,kbps,band=type=drop,rate=300000 > > > > OFPT_ERROR (OF1.3) (xid=0x2): OFPMMFC_INVALID_METER > > > > OFPT_METER_MOD (OF1.3) (xid=0x2): ADD meter=100 kbps bands= > > > > type=drop rate=300000 > > > > > > > > Please let me what I am doing wrong. > > > > > > Probably the kernel module you're using doesn't support meters. > > > > > > > One important thing to mention here is that when I set the type of > > > > switch to netdev like this: > > > > > > > > #ovs-vsctl set bridge br0 datapath_type=netdev > > > > > > > > I can add meters without any error. What's the reason? > > > > > > Each datapath has its own meter implementation, so when you switch > > > datapaths you get different behavior. > > > > > > > There's one problem with this as well, I cannot achieve throughput > > > > more than 500Mbps on 1Gbps link once I set the datapath type to > > > > netdev. > > > > > > Probably you should use DPDK if you want high performance from the > > > userspace datapath. > > > >
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